Ive been cruising and googling for the past few days about missing college students, college student drinking and binge drinking, etc
..Drinking among college students and deaths and accidents involving drunk students is a HUGE problem and has been studied quite extensively. There are reports and studies used to counsel students and programs by many colleges. The most likely time for binge drinking is the first three weeks of school, the HOLIDAYS of Xmas and New Years, and Spring Break. (21st birthday celebration appear critical as well.) But these that weve been studying are spread throughout the school year.
The below study is dated 2002, but none the less, its very sobering in realizing what goes on at our college campuses.
http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/NIAAACollegeMaterials/TaskForce/Intro_03.aspx
A Snapshot of Annual High-Risk College Drinking Consequences
I only studied a handful of OTHER states not involved in the most recent disappearances, and I dont understand why there arent a number of unsolved missing and drowning in the OTHER states. Usually in the OTHER states, when theres a death due to excessive alcohol, its solved. The student is in an accident or found dead in their bed, or IF missing, found. OR, IF theres a student in another state missing, its perhaps ONE in that state over a five year period, or as in one state recently, theres one unsolved from 30 years ago and it was a female.(not involving alcohol, fwiw)
THESE cases presently being studied, many of the students and young people did NOT drink or their blood alcohol was too low to have been alcohol poisoning. PLUS, in other states, there are female victims as well AND theyre solved. OR IF its a female, it could be murder etc., AND its solved. OR, if they did appear to have a very high blood alcohol level (present cases study), they were TOO DRUNK to have made it to the water (IF FOUND).
The few car accidents and disappeared driver, the few run into a body of water and body found in car, or outside of car, COULD be legitimate accidents or
.maybe not. IF a car is found wrecked out in the country or rural road, the driver is NOT there, a search ensues and the driver is NEVER located, then
where are they? What happened to them? Curious. FWIW, we have at least one of those for females in New England. (car found, student NOT)
The majority of these victims DO fit into the risk age, 18-24, and then some a little older or younger, look as if they COULD be that age group. So, is someone targeting them? I have NO idea. SOME could be legitimate accidents, but even breaking it down into 2/3s being accidents, it leaves a HUGE # of mysterious deaths and missing.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I was almost beginning to think maybe these were just a string of accidents. However, what these detectives have uncovered is interesting and IMHO, SHOULD be investigated. Were not talking about just one student here, were talking about a NUMBER of students. IF a link can be found with even two, or say two in each state, its worth the time and money that would be used, imo. After all, it could be OUR children they save from being the next victim of this phenomena
or predator(s).
JMHO
fran
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