NY- Missing soccer player Thomas Fokuo Located

[WasBlind]

Maybe some of our friends in New York can get some help for this beautiful young man.

Visiting Student From Ghana Missing

(Brighton, NY) 08/24/04 -- Brighton police are still asking for help in finding a missing foreign exchange student.


Police said Thomas Fokuo, 20, of Ghana has been spotted at a train station in Rochester. He arrived in the Rochester area Friday night. A prospect for the MCC soccer team, Fokuo headed to MCC Saturday morning to watch a soccer practice. Since that time, neither his host family nor his family in Africa has had any contact with him.

College administrators recieved e-mail messages Monday night that police believe are from Fokuo. The messages indicate that he is safe, but his location is still unknown.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Brighton Police Department at (585) 784-5111.

http://www.wokr13.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3882A22A-00BF-41B7-8C54-A636102B863F

[fourboys]

Missing Student Spotted Briefly(Rochester, NY) 08/24/04 -

A missing exchange student has been spotted and even talked on the phone with administrators from Monroe Community College.
Witnesses reported seeing Thomas Fokuo, 20, trying to catch a train in Rochester Monday afternoon.

Fokuo arrived in America Friday and was staying with a host family.

Police said he went to watch soccer practice at MCC Saturday and did not return.

Email messages Fokuo has written indicate he is safe but he has not said where he is.

Brighton Police are still asking anyone with information about Fukuo to give them a call.
http://www.wokr13.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3C00F630-5F74-4D02-A8BD-

[englishleigh]

I wonder if he wants citizenship or asylum?? I hope he IS safe and it's just a case of wanting to get lost and no one has taken advantage of him being foreign and unfamiliar with his surroundings and the country.

[Love_Mama]

I wonder if he wants citizenship or asylum?? I hope he IS safe and it's just a case of wanting to get lost and no one has taken advantage of him being foreign and unfamiliar with his surroundings and the country.

I am so happy that he has made phone calls and emails to the police.
My late husband was in Ghana many times with our two commercial fishing boats.......It is quite an unusual Country and I might add a very backward Country compared to the U.S. ,but I don't think that he would be looking for asylum here in the U.S. Year's ago when we took the fishing boats to Tema Ghana we brought over 18 young men to crew and they all had dinner at our house. They were very shy.....asked many question's but well mannered.
I do hope for this young's sake and his parents that he is found safe.

xxxxxxxxxxxoooooooo
mama

[WasBlind]

*can someone move this thread to located, pls?* Thanks!

Missing Ghanaian found
BRIGHTON — The Brighton Police Department has canceled the missing person status for a 20-year-old West African resident who came to Rochester to study and play soccer at Monroe Community College.

Thomas Fokuo of Ghana returned to Rochester by bus from New York City about 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to Sgt. John Mallaber.

He was met by Police Department officials and college staffers and was cooperative with investigators. Fokuo is now with MCC staff. The Police Department closed its investigation when Fokuo was found.

Cynthia Cooper, MCC spokeswoman, said she has not spoken with Fokuo so she was unable to comment on why he left the area.