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12-19-2007, 08:50 PM
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| Attention Houston families: Rice Student missing
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Matthew J. Wilson, a 20-year-old Hanszen College junior who lives off-campus, has been reported missing. He was last seen by his roommate at noon Saturday, Dec. 15, at their apartment. Wilson, a Caucasian, is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, has red hair, a full beard and green eyes, and wears glasses.His car, a silver 2004 four-door Dodge Neon with Oklahoma license plate 863 MCZ, is missing also.
| See full article and photo below. His family must be frantic. Can you imagine?? Rice University | News & Media | 
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12-19-2007, 08:54 PM
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| That's so frightening. Have they said anything at all about whether he was depressed or if it was foul play? | |
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12-19-2007, 09:00 PM
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| Hi andi-
I don't know much more. My s. has gotten a few "has anyone seen him?" emails from the Masters at the college (the residential college) over the past few days, but this evening a full blown "missing" emergency alert went out via email, text messages and the website. Exams are over now and most kids have been heading home since this past weekend. My s got home Mon. night and emailed in his last paper/project today. A lot of the kids were heading home over the weekend. This kid lived off campus-- not sure where. But he hasn't been seen since Saturday. It is so awful-- not knowing... | |
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12-19-2007, 09:16 PM
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| I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that he's just doing something really stupid and carelessly not telling anyone. I pray that's the case. | |
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12-19-2007, 09:20 PM
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| I hope thats all it is, andi. We can hope........ | |
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12-19-2007, 09:22 PM
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| Oh my gosh, that's just terrifying. I hadn't heard anything about this, but then I just logged on to the Houston Chronicle website and there's this story: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5392354.html | |
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12-19-2007, 09:32 PM
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| blackeyedsusan-
Thanks for linking that. This sounds more ominous. Now inthe mainstream news. All help is welcome. | |
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12-19-2007, 09:37 PM
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| It is terrifying, and my heart and thoughts go out to the young man's family. Our town has experienced this twice: once a wonderful young woman that grew up in Bloomington and attended IU, and once a fantastic young man from Bloomington that attended Purdue. When they are so close in age to one's own children, and from the same hometown, it's not hard to sympathize with the family. I hope he is found safe. Fortunately this is not a thing that happens often. | |
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12-19-2007, 09:44 PM
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| rrrah-
Do I want to ask how the Bloomington cases turned out??? | |
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12-19-2007, 09:45 PM
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| Very scary. I can't imagine what the family is going through, especially at this time of year.
His car and backpack are also missing, though his cell phone is in his apartment. It sounds like he left on his own. Hopefully he's safe and, as Andi said, just foolishly decided to take off somewhere. Maybe he was trying to escape the stress of exams and decided to drive off somewhere. In any event, I hope he'll turn up safe somewhere soon. Someone may recognize his car, too. | |
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12-19-2007, 10:50 PM
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| Maybe he's heading for Utah!
Seriously, the fact that he left his cellphone is NOT a good sign. I'm concerned. My daughter hasn't said anything about this and I don't know if she knew the boy. | |
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12-20-2007, 10:49 AM
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| Can any of you folks in Houston give us an update of what has been on today's news? | |
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12-20-2007, 10:54 AM
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| Nothing new has been reported in our local rag. I'll check the news stations. Please understand that the quality of journalism in Houston is a joke. | |
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12-20-2007, 01:44 PM
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| I haven't heard anything new on the news, but I just noticed that there's a large Emergency Notification banner on the Rice website, so apparently there is still no word. | |
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12-20-2007, 04:15 PM
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| As the parent of a Rice student, this scares the bejeezus out of me. I know it can happen anywhere but this really hits home. I feel so bad for the parents of this boy. I hope that the Houston authorities will take this seriously and search for him and his car, and not just assume that he took off on his own.
I'm praying for his family - what a horrible thing to happen at Christmastime. | |
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