Sometimes Missing Girls Are Found Alive

It is a relief for the family and friends

College girls are having fun, but life could be dangerous

There are many girls and young women who go missing. It is a huge relief when they are found alive. Sometimes it takes mere hours after they have been reported missing. It could take days, weeks, months, or years.

A nineteen-year-old female college student at Snow College in Utah was missing. College is a time when students are studying to prepare for their future. It is also a time when they want to meet new people and have fun. Sometimes those encounters turn out dangerous.

When young women go missing, they are often not found for some time. Then they may be found to have been murdered, and their remains may be discovered. Sometimes the women are found alive rather quickly. That is always a relief for law enforcement and for the friends and family of the missing woman.

An article by Aaron Falk in The Salt Lake Tribune reported on the incident. The young woman who was reported missing from her college had apparently met a man online. The relationship became violent after they had met. The girl had been missing for five days before she was found. She had been reported missing after having been last seen leaving her dorm room one evening.

She was later found at the home of a 39-year-old man. The man was being held on several charges including obstruction of justice, aggravated kidnapping, and rape. The investigation is ongoing.

Two vigils were held to celebrate the return of the college coed. One was in the town where Snow College is located and one in her hometown. Friends, family, and community members joined in the candlelight vigils.

The article stated:

The girl was allowed by the man to text her family once on the morning after she was reported missing. The man reportedly tied her up while he was at work and threw her phone away. Police used cellphone tower information to find the young woman. She was found in the basement after police searched a home.

Her family, of course, were elated that she had been found alive.

Snow College President Bradley Cook cautioned young people to be careful about online interactions. “It reminds us of some dangers, especially our young people who are online,” he said. “You need to be careful. … We just have to be ever vigilant about those kinds of interactions.”

Although many healthy relationships may begin with an internet and online connection, young women are cautioned to be very careful. There have been many unfortunate incidents where women have been kidnapped and killed after meeting someone online.

It is always fortunate and a happy occasion when young women who have been abducted are found alive. It is much better if they are kept safe by never having that experience of going missing.