Second Missing Purdue Student, Eric M. Campbell disappeared during trip to Texas and Mexico (Update: Found???)
Eric Campbell, a Doctoral student at Purdue University, has been missing since he traveled to Texas and Mexico. Campbell was supposed to return to the US on January 18, 2007 and never arrived.
Campbell was in El Paso on Jan. 12 and then arrived in Mexico at 8 p.m. that day.”
Campbell’s luggage arrived at Indianapolis International Airport after he bought a ticket to fly back to Indiana from El Paso on Jan. 18, investigators said.
But Norberg said there is no evidence the 33-year-old student ever boarded the flight.
Campbell left campus Jan. 8 to travel to El Paso en route to a wedding in Juarez, Mexico. Purdue police contacted police in El Paso 10 days later after he did not return.
A friend of Campbell’s who lives in Mexico told police he had returned to the United States on Jan. 15, and police confirmed he bought an airline ticket to Indianapolis in El Paso on Jan. 18, but never arrived. Campbell’s mother told police she has not heard from him, Norberg said. (News Sentinel)
UPDATE I: Missing Purdue doctoral student found in Mexico (Really?)
I am not really sure if we classify this as found. With Mexico’s recent cooperation in North America missing persons cases, maybe we should hold off until Eric Campbell contacts family, friends or American authorities before we claim him as found.
El Paso, Texas, police believe a missing Purdue student went back to Mexico where he is staying voluntarily.
Police spokesman Javier Sambrano said Eric Campbell, 33, checked into a hotel in Juarez, Mexico, after his flight from El Paso to Indianapolis left. Sambrano said witnesses at the hotel identified Campbell by a picture and said he seemed to be in good health. (Journal and Courier)
UPDATE II: Texas authorities account for missing doctoral student
Authorities in El Paso, Texas, said Eric Campbell, a missing Purdue doctoral student, has been accounted for.Javier Sambrano, a public informations officer with the El Paso Police Department, said no physical contact with him has been made, but Campbell, who was last seen Jan. 15, appears to be in good health.
“We have some credible sources positively identifying Campbell,” Sambrano said. “He had voluntarily checked himself into a hotel and checked out this afternoon.” (Purdue Exponent)