CONVICTION OVERTURNED IL - Pravin Varughese, 19, Siu Student, Carbondale, 12 Feb 2014

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Carbondale teen reported missing -

Pravin M. Varughese, 19, of Carbondale was last seen in the 600 block of West College Street at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. He was last seen unshaven, wearing the red shirt, dark blue jeans and purple shoes. He has a chest tattoo that reads “Fear God.”

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/c...cle_372b2f82-5c18-56d8-a07f-cc9a8913b4aa.html
 
SIU in Carbondale is a party school. So that is worrisome off the bat for me.
 
SIU in Carbondale is a party school. So that is worrisome off the bat for me.

Booo!!! Where's the 'I am not a Nugget!' avatar?!?!? I'm going on strike!

But as far as the case is concerned, I knew a gal that went to school there and it is a party school for sure. I just hope this isn't one of those cases where the kid gets so wasted, then passes out somewhere outside and then is discovered later in a ditch or something. Do we know what the weather was like in the area when he went missing??
 
Booo!!! Where's the 'I am not a Nugget!' avatar?!?!? I'm going on strike!



But as far as the case is concerned, I knew a gal that went to school there and it is a party school for sure. I just hope this isn't one of those cases where the kid gets so wasted, then passes out somewhere outside and then is discovered later in a ditch or something. Do we know what the weather was like in the area when he went missing??


The pic will be back eventually. I'm a golden nugget right now! :)

Weather:
http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/Carbondale+IL+USIL0185:1:US?startdate=20140212

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Per post 1, he was last seen around 11pm. Here's an hourly forecast. See link to weather in previous post.
 
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Per post #1, the red pin is where he was last seen on the 600 block of W College Street.

Closer view:

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Further articles with similar info:

http://dailyegyptian.com/police-search-for-missing-student-pravin-varughese/

http://m.kfvs12.com/#!/newsDetail/24726949

http://ihavevanished.com/2014/02/14/carbondale-teen-pravin-varughese-reported-missing-carbondale/

http://m.14news.com/#!/newsDetail/24726949

http://www.realtimestl.com/8813?fromIndex=True






http://news.siu.edu/2014/02/021414rmg14003.html

Varughese is a sophomore from Morton Grove, Ill., majoring in criminology and criminal justice. He has been enrolled at SIU since Fall 2012.

SIU Chancellor Rita Cheng said the university is assisting the Carbondale police with the search through the Department of Public Safety.
 
And this is his twitter. His last tweets are a little disturbing.

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheOnlyPravin

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Wow. These are VERY interesting little NUGGETS of info. Those tweets are not good at all. I also wonder about the "Fear God" shirt. Not that it will necessarily make a difference, but I wonder if he is a Christian. I wonder only because it could possible give a clue as to the way he lives his life possibly?? I don't know....hmm.
 
SIU in Carbondale is a party school. So that is worrisome off the bat for me.

What does that actually mean? Obviously I get the gist, but are there more drugs/drinking that would go on in other schools? Is that a reason that people would choose to go there, do you think?
 
http://carbondalepolice.com/node/2042

Missing Person Investigation

02-14-14 Web Release – Missing Person Investigation

On 02-13-14, the City of Carbondale Police Department responded to a report of a missing person. Officers learned that Pravin M. Varughese was last seen in the 600 block of West College Street at approximately 11:00 p.m. on 02-12-14. Varughese is a white male, 5’7, 150 pounds, with short brown hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. He was last seen unshaven, wearing the red shirt in the below photo, dark blue jeans and purple shoes. He has a chest tattoo that reads “Fear God.” The investigation into the incident is continuing.
 
What does that actually mean? Obviously I get the gist, but are there more drugs/drinking that would go on in other schools? Is that a reason that people would choose to go there, do you think?


In short, yes. When magazines/publications rank colleges for their "party school" status, SIU lands the list. I think one year it was #17 in the country from a playboy magazine poll. Sorry I don't have a link but if you google it I bet it'll pop up. (I'm about to run out the door.) :seeya:
 
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Per post 1, he was last seen around 11pm. Here's an hourly forecast. See link to weather in previous post.

I am about five hours North of him. I just wanted to add that the windchill has been pretty bad here. Depending where he was, you could knock anywhere from 10-20 degrees off of the temp. Maybe even more.
 
I am about five hours North of him. I just wanted to add that the windchill has been pretty bad here. Depending where he was, you could knock anywhere from 10-20 degrees off of the temp. Maybe even more.


Good point. I'm 6ish hours north and I can confirm. This winter has been brutal. Lots of wind advisories. School closings, etc due to unsafe wind chills.
 
Does anyone else think it's interesting that the police have been so quick to respond? It's a good thing, obviously. But there seems to be genuine concern, not that he's crashed round a mate's after a heavy night.

I wonder if that is due to the 'bloody knuckles' referred to on his Twitter, and that there is an incident that they are aware of that may have made him vulnerable.

He has lots of different social media profiles, I'm on my phone which doesn't allow me to copy and paste. Instagram is pravinv.

He's a lovely looking young man, hope he is safe.
 
There is now a Facebook missing page set up by his brother, again am really sorry I can't link to it but it's a very active page with lots of info. Searching for his name brings it straight up.
 
I haven't had a chance to sit down and look at a map, but are there any bodies of water nearby? It seems to be the case that a lot of these college aged males that go missing, after a night of heavy drinking, inevitably end up in a nearby body water. Especially in the midwest. :( I hope that isn't the case here. I hope he's just crashed at a buddy's house and doesn't know he's considered missing.
 
this sounds like Ryan uhre, glad the cops are taking this seriously.

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A comment in the Facebook missing page states that the bloody knuckles were due to a window closing on them and that there was no known altercation.

I'll flag this myself to the mods as not sure if I'm ok to post this.
 

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