Missing Indian-American student found dead

Thursday, 20 February 2014, 00:22 IST
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Chicago: A missing Indian-American student Pravin Varughese was found dead in a wooded area Tuesday, nearly a week after he was last seen, according to a media report.

Police found the body of Southern Illinois University student from suburban Morton Grove in Illinois at about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported citing authorities in Carbondale.

Varughese had last been seen around 11 pm Feb 12 leaving a party about three miles from where his body was discovered.

The 19-year-old second year student and criminal justice major had walked into the wooded area on the eastern edge of town after getting into a "dispute" with someone at the party, the newspaper said citing authorities.

That man was attempting to drive Varughese home when the dispute started, police said.

Carbondale police, according to the Tribune, said little about the nature of the dispute, other than they believed Varughese exited the vehicle on his own accord.

His sister, Priya Varughese, 20, had said phone records showed her brother called a friend in Chicago at 12:30 am Thursday, about 90 minutes after he reportedly left the party.
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Source: IANS
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