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Andy Lathrop Update

Andy Lathrop,the Wisconsin 20 year old , has been missing in Japan for two weeks now. The family is thinking that there may have been an abduction in the case, as opposed to drowning which was initially thought.

They have set up a website, www.findandy.org, and are planning a fund raiser to cover family expenses for their trip to Japan.

MENASHA — Two special police detectives have been assigned to the search in Hakodate, Japan, for Andy Lathrop, the missing Menasha intern who vanished two weeks ago.

For family members who returned home Sunday after a week of searching for the 20-year-old Menasha man, news of the extra manpower was encouraging.

“It’s good to hear the news this morning that they’re not giving up,” said Andy’s father, Steven Lathrop, an electrician at a Menasha paper mill.

Thoughts that Andy fell victim to a climbing accident or possibly drowned have been lessened by the fact that his body has not washed ashore or been found in any of the extensive searches of the water and rocky beach area where he was last seen and the adjacent mountainous area.

Now, authorities may be exploring other options, including possible abduction.

“I think they’re looking now at a different area, that maybe he was taken,” said his mother Lesley Lathrop, an intensive care nurse in Appleton. “I just don’t feel that he’s still on that island; otherwise he’d be seen.”

Lathrop, who was supposed to return to the U.S. five days after he went missing Aug. 15, had finished his work as an intern with Labo International Exchange Foundation when he disappeared while traveling.

August 30th, 2005 at 10:33pm Posted by | Uncategorized | no comments

Hillel Ben-Avi Missing in the Mummy Range of Colorado

HillalbenaviFrom the AP

Rangers and search-and-rescue teams combed the rugged Mummy Range in the northern part of the park Tuesday for a hiker from Texas who has been missing since Sunday.

Hillel Ben-Avi, 45, of Austin, Texas, was last seen while climbing 13,502-foot Fairchild Mountain, about 60 miles northwest of Denver.

It was the second time in a month that someone has disappeared in the Mummy Range. Park Ranger Jeff Christensen died July 29 from head injuries suffered in a fall while patrolling the area alone.

Ben-Avi was hiking ahead of his brother, who last saw him near the summit. When his brother reached the summit, Ben-Avi was not there, park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson said.

Two helicopters, two dog teams and about 70 searchers were looking for the missing man Tuesday.

Hillel is a Radiologist out of Austin, Texas according to his biography.

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August 30th, 2005 at 10:20pm Posted by | Missing Adult, Uncategorized | no comments