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Search for missing KU student UPDATE

Gianfranco Villagomez
Gianfranco Villagomez

(AP) — Lawrence police have found a body they believe to be that of a missing 23-year-old University of Kansas student from Peru.

Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana, an industrial design student from Lima, Peru, was last seen walking near 9th and Michigan streets in Lawrence about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. His girlfriend reported him missing Saturday.

Lawrence Police Department spokesman Trent McKinley says police found a body Monday afternoon that they believe is that of Villagomez-Saldana.

McKinley said in an emailed statement that preliminary information does not indicate foul play was involved in the death. The cause of death has not been released. McKinley says an autopsy and further investigation is planned.

 

(AP) — Lawrence police are searching for a 23-year-old University of Kansas student from Peru who hasn’t been seen since early Saturday.

Gianfranco Villagomez, an industrial design student from Lima, Peru, was last seen walking near 9th and Michigan streets in Lawrence about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

His girlfriend, Donna Jo Harkrider, reported him missing about Saturday.

Villagomez is about 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds. He has dark brown eyes, black hair and glasses. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with a KU Jayhawk logo on it, a long sleeve gray shirt, a black jacket, jeans and white tennis shoes.

 

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