ABClocal.go.com: Anaheim, California - "FAMILY MEMBERS OF MISSING U.C.L.A. STUDENT MAKE A DESPERATE PLEA" (ARTICLE NOTE: The missing "UCLA computer sciences student" is identified as "Ahmad Yaseen Arain, 20.") (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "She said that although he was always conscientious and responsible, that he had become even more so since the death of her husband, Ahmad's father, in 1997. The Arain family members are of Pakistani descent, although all are United States citizens. Ahmad Arain's mother said she has been in the U.S. since 1984 and that her children, including Ahmad, were born here.") (Last Updated July 26, 2004) (Read More...)
I thought of him too, after seeing the other post.
The two missing men stories sound very similar.