UPDATE APRIL 25, 2013: Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead
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UPDATE, APRIL 24, 2013: Authorities say body found in river could be missing Brown student
Authorities is Rhode Island say it is "very possible" a man's body that was pulled out of the Providence River Tuesday is that of Brown University student Sunil Tripathi, who has been missing since March 15.__________________
Boston.com reports Providence police Lieutenant Joseph Donnelly says “it’s very, very possible” the body belongs to Tripathi, but authorities will not know for sure until the medical examiner's office has a chance to identify the body.
Donnelly says the body was found Tuesday floating in the river by the coach of Brown's rowing team.
WPRI reports authorities believe the body is that of a male between the ages of 20-30, and that it has been in the water more than a couple of days.
...After the Boston Marathon bombings last week, Tripathi's family was rocked by rumors spread on social media websites such as Twitter and Reddit that he could have been one of the suspects, Reuters reports.
"Someone will tweet, then retweet, and completely unsubstantiated things can proliferate so rapidly and destructively," Sangeeta Tripathi told Reuters. "Those night hours were horrible."
CORRECTION, 9:00 AM: Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown University student, is NOT Boston Bombing Suspect 2.
This was inaccurately reported during the night.
Suspect 2 is Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. He's at-large and "armed and extremely dangerous."
Sunil Tripathi is NOT an alledged terrorist. He's NOT a cold-blooded killer.
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A post from Clinton Patch:
Have You Seen Sunil Tripathi?
Editor's Note: Sunil Tripathi's big sister sent this to us and we are posting it at her request. The search was focused around Providence, RI, where he was last seen and was recently extended to surrounding states, including Connecticut. Please let Sunil's family know if you have seen him. For the most up-to-date information, please check in on the Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi Facebook page.
"Generous gentle spirit"?
Here is the statement from the Tripathi family:
Authorities, family, and friends are searching for a 22-year-old Brown University student. Sunil Tripathi was last seen Saturday morning on Brown campus on the East Side of Providence at around 11:00 am. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a black Eastern Mountain Sports ski jacket, glasses, and a Philadelphia Eagles wool hat. He is six feet tall and weighs 130 pounds.
Family and friends are working with the Providence Police and the Brown University Department of Pubic Safety to find Sunil. The FBI has joined the greater Providence community to assist in the investigation. We are focusing on the greater Providence area, where flyers have been posted and media has dedicated extensive press coverage. The search is expanding outside of Providence to Boston, Connecticut, New York, and Philadelphia. Family and friends are grateful to all those assisting in this search for Sunil.
Momentum in the search is growing. Former and current classmates, friends, extended family, the loving Brown community and the larger Providence community and law enforcement all continue to mobilize. Please join us and spread the word, post flyers, and look for updates on a public Facebook page, “Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi.” In the past 24 hours, more than 30,000 have joined us to view or repost these search pages.
Sunil grew up in Radnor, Pennsylvania and has been living in Providence since 2008. He is a talented musician, a saxophonist, a philosophy major, a critical thinker, and a kind quiet son and brother. We miss his warm smile and generous gentle spirit so very much. Your help and prayers to find him mean so much.
Email From Brown University re: Community Notification-Missing Person
March 19, 2013
The Brown University Department of Public Safety would like to notify the community of a missing person investigation.
Incident:
On March 17, 2013, the Department of Public Safety assisted the Providence Police Department in conducting a missing person investigation. Missing at this time is Sunil Tripathi. He is 22 years of age, approximately 6’2”, 130 pounds, with short dark hair. Sunil Tripathi was last seen in the campus area on Friday March 15, 2013.
Anyone with information about this missing person is asked to contact the Brown University Department of Public Safety at 401-863-3322 or the Providence Police Department at 401-272-3121. Any information provided will be kept confidential.
Not anymore.
Is Sunil Tripathi a Right-wing extremist, disgruntled, a Right-wing militia type?
Tripathi doesn't dress like a Right-wing extremist. They usually don't wear Che Guevara shirts.
Apparently, Tripathi admired Geuvara, terrorist and murderer.
In any event, the "gentle spirit" appears to have transformed into "armed and dangerous," and allegedly a terrorist and cold-blooded killer.
Per Commissioner Davis: One suspect deceased, 2nd suspect (white hat) at large & considered armed & dangerous. twitter.com/Boston_Police/…
— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 19, 2013
6 comments:
Bearing false witness?
No, I did not intentionally set out to deceive.
So it was just deception by incompetence? Does it bother you in the slightest that you fingered innocent men?
Where did you get the info that this was the guy anyway? Without a source we just have to assume you made it up.
Is that what you call mistakes by the New York Times or CNN? Deception by incompetence?
Of course, it bothers me that I repeated the incorrect identities of the suspects. I have a conscience. I feel awful.
Yeah, that's what I did. I just made it ALL up. Just picked some names. Good grief.
Their names were mentioned on the police scanner last night. It was all over Twitter as well as reported by major blogs. Major media figures were tweeting the names heard on the scanner, providing links, and commenting.
The information on the police scanner was wrong. Yes, I repeated it. I made the correction as soon as I could.
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