Posted on 01/19/2007 9:07:20 AM PST by Froufrou
Hundreds of volunteers joined police officers Thursday in an hours-long search around the Purdue University campus for a freshman missing since the weekend.
Wade S. Steffey, 19, of Bloomington was last seen early Saturday leaving a party at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house on the north side of campus, police said.
Searchers spent Thursday checking campus buildings, along with places such as the campus golf courses, Purdue's horticulture park and some near-campus neighborhoods and wooded areas. The search concluded at nightfall without Steffey being found, Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg said.
"It's really humbling and very heartwarming to see all of the outpouring of support for Wade," said his mother, Dawn Adams. "I'd like to say it's overwhelming, but that's not even the right word." Police said
Steffey's cell phone was last used about 12:30 a.m. Saturday and that a $50 withdrawal from his bank account was made from an ATM at a campus dining hall about four hours earlier.
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Interrogate the Purdue lacross team, stat!
What about this is so deja vu ping?
Very sad. I found that people in Indiana are some of the nicest I've met. Doesn't mean you don't have the other end of the spectrum out there.
One of my old fraternity bro's told me they finally had to close down our beautiful house and it remains vacant today. They apparently got out of control with drugs. Sad.
Yes it is frou - another "vanishing"!! What in the world is going on????
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1721088/posts
Here's a link I referred to. Something is wrong.
If he was drunk or high, they will probably find him in a pond or river. No foul play. Just my guess.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1492156/posts
http://www.vanceholmes.com/court/trial_missing_students.html
Being from this area, I'm not sure where I would look. It sounds like they have gone over the woods to the west pretty thoroughly. There are woods to the immediate north of that fraternity house, and the golf course butts up to that woods.
One thing that scares me about the river--we have had a ton of rain here and things are flooded everywhere. If he did go near the river, he might be found downstream somewhere.
According to our news, he didn't have a car on campus, and when his roommate returned from the weekend, their room lights were on, as was the laptop, and the missing guy's shoes that he wore everywhere were there as well.
He took $50 out of the ATM across the street from his dorm; that amount is not going to get you very far. We have had some assaults at ATMs on that side of town, so it does make you wonder.
Prayers for the student's safe return.
Thank you for posting the link to Vance Holmes--it's utterly unbelievable. These can't be coincidences.
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