Facebook brought childhood friends Lisa Stone (above, right) and Tina Wiley closer together, as it did with many of their Mesquite High School classmates, who have used the social networking site in the search for Stone, who's been missing since June.
Mark Graham
Tina Wiley and Joni Shannon (right), frequently drive by Stone's now-vacant house in Far East Dallas.
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Stone's friends have vowed never to let the case go cold, and they intend to continue holding vigils and promoting their search online, updating the "Looking for Lisa" Facebook page. Their social networking, which began when Stone's perpetual postings drew them closer together, now seems like divine providence to Tammye Markle: "That was God's way of preparing us for something that was coming down the road."
Markle says her Mesquite High School class is like a family, and "we feel blindsided." Some classes are known for partying or athletic prowess, she says, but her classmates were always close, supportive friends. "If I was missing, I know Lisa would move heaven and earth to find me."