ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. ( KLFY ) — Every day since Sept. 10, 2023, has been a challenge for Coteau Holmes resident Laura Daspit. That was the day her husband went missing.

“I’m struggling every day because I need him,” Lara said. “I don’t just want him. I need my husband. He’s everything to me.”

Willard Daspit Jr., 58, was last seen leaving home on his bike the morning of Sept. 10, 2023. After not showing up home that night, Lara went searching for him down the road by their shop.

She found his bike, helmet and glasses on the ground. The search was on from there. After over a year of looking with search parties, media coverage, and billboard covers, there is still no sign of her husband.

“I want to know what happened. I know I probably won’t learn why, but I want to know where,” she said.

Lara theorizes Willard could have been kidnapped after being told he was seen being picked up by someone in a white vehicle the night he went missing.

“I don’t have a life. It was destroyed. It was blown up by people taking my husband. I hope they rot in hell,” Lara said.

Lara says her life has been a struggle doing things she depended on her husband for. She said the only way she gets by is with the help of her dogs.

“They get my mind off of the worrying because then I have to stop worrying about him and focus on. They need food and water. They need to be exercised and be taken out. I can’t just lay in bed and cry with some mornings I still do,” she said.

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