Searchers find no trace of missing IUPUI student
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Sunday, August 1, 2004 12:04 AM CDT
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Police divers searched a pond Saturday for a missing college student while her friends and relatives searched a wooded area nearby.
Police did not find anything that could reveal what happened to 23-year-old Molly Dattilo, Indianapolis television stations reported.
Dattilo, an Eastern Kentucky University student who had been attending summer classes at IUPUI, was last seen the evening of July 6 as she headed to a fast-food restaurant to apply for a job.
Detective Mark Henninger of the Marion County Sheriff's Department said investigators have no leads in the case and there is no sign of foul play.
Dattilo's friends and family members are convinced otherwise.
"Knowing Molly, she's not the type of person to just run off," said Vince Roberts, a family friend. "We feel like we're losing time."
Dozens of people showed up Saturday to search a wooded area near Dattilo's apartment on the west side of Indianapolis and to distribute fliers with her photo. The search was organized by Dattilo's sister, Celestra Dattilo Hoffman.
Dattilo, a Madison native, is described as 5 feet tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She has light brown hair and green eyes and a dime-sized birthmark on one of her arms.
She disappeared with only the clothes she was wearing and the keys to her apartment in her possession, family members said.
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