Vanessa Bolano WGNO News

June 20, 2011
MARRERO—
"You wake up everyday and it all starts again," says Brett Fell.

For ten days Brett Fell has been searching for his brother, 36-year-old Shane Fell. Neon signs, and posters, mark the area Shane's car was found, wrecked and in a ditch.

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"I can't see my brother running from something so minor as a single car accident with nobody around into the river or hiding."

Tim Miller with Texas based EquuSearch also doubts Fell's body is in the water. "A huge effort has been put in on Shane, but Shane is not anywhere close to where that car accident is at."

Today Miller was in Destrahan at football start Ed Reed's Golf Classic. Miller has been searching for Shane Fell through the weekend, but had planned to attend Reeds event after finding Ed's brother, Brian Reed, in the Mississippi River in January. Ed Reed says he knows what the Fell family is going through.

"It'll be tough times, but there are going to be more good times that you remember and that is the thing that gets you through it," says Ed Reed.

It's a message of support the family has been getting from dozens.

Once Brett Fell finds his brother he's going to help fix "Dead Man's Curve;" that's what the curve on River Road near Marrero Drive is known as. It's the curve where Shane Fell wrecked.

Caution tape, hub caps, and a side view mirror all illustrate the danger this curve poses. Brett knows his brother survived accident because he spoke to him minutes after the crash, now he just wonders what happened next.

"We don't know if someone maybe hit him and got scared, didn't know what to do," says Fell, "they could have thrown him in the vehicle."

Tim Miller with Equusearch says he runs his search and recovery company with the help of donations. He's already spent $1,000,000 of his own money to keep it alive & hopes donations continue coming in. Donate to his efforts by visiting our "Links Mentioned" section.