Missing OSU Students

[OSUsushichic]

I hope these kids just ran away and no foul play was involved. :(


Ohio State Student Disappears On Way To Class
NBC 4

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police said that they are searching for an Ohio State University student who has not been seen since Thursday morning. The family of Hiroshi Hayashi said he left home for school but never made it to class.

Police found Hayashi's car in a campus parking lot off Kenny Road and Lane Avenue.

The Hayashi family said the 21-year-old computer science student was always good about telling them where he would be. He told them he would be home for dinner Thursday night. They said he seemed fine in the days leading up to his disappearance and was not facing any sort of stressful situation from which he might have been fleeing.

Hayashi, an OSU junior, shares a connection with missing Ohio State University medical student Brian Shaffer. Hayashi's brother graduated from Pickerington High School, in the same class as Shaffer.

Hayashi also graduated from Pickerington High School, according to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.

Both the Hayashi and Shaffer families have been in contact with each other.

Hayashi's nickname is Hiro, and he is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds. He has shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes. Police said he was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white Nautica Surf T-shirt and a navy blue jacket with a blue stripe down the sleeves. He has narrow frame eyeglasses and was wearing white tennis shoes.

Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is collecting information about both disappearances. Anyone with information in either case can contact the agency at (614) 645-8477.

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[jimotis4heisman]

wasnt the girl who was killed this summer from picktown too?

 

[Thump]

wasnt the girl who was killed this summer from picktown too?

Yes.

Julie Popovich.

 

[buckeyefool]

wasnt the girl who was killed this summer from picktown too?

Yup.

I would have to guess that the guy who disappeared on Thursday left on his own, or was taken from someone he knew, because that lot on west campus has way to many people around for it to be easy for the guy to disappear.

 

[BayBuck]

Yup.

I would have to guess that the guy who disappeared on Thursday left on his own, or was taken from someone he knew, because that lot on west campus has way to many people around for it to be easy for the guy to disappear.

West campus is so wide open I'd actually consider it one of the easier places on campus to "disappear" from--and with bad weather on Thursday there were probably even fewer people than normal out there.

 

[OSUsushichic]

West campus is so wide open I'd actually consider it one of the easier places on campus to "disappear" from--and with bad weather on Thursday there were probably even fewer people than normal out there.

I used to park there every day. It's such a huge lot that it would be easy to get "lost" in there. So scary.

 

[buckeyefool]

West campus is so wide open I'd actually consider it one of the easier places on campus to "disappear" from--and with bad weather on Thursday there were probably even fewer people than normal out there.

I park there everyday and there are always a ton of people around. I can say I have neve felt unsafe there.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Yes.

Julie Popovich.

And so was the medical student, Brian Shaffer, who disappeared about 6 weeks ago. Very strange.

 

[scarletandgrey]

Weird stuff.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Yea, that's a really strange coincidence if they are all from the same area. Kind of like a Picnic At Hanging Rock type thing.

 

[BayBuck]

I park there everyday and there are always a ton of people around. I can say I have neve felt unsafe there.

There's generally no reason to feel unsafe there, but I've had dozens of mornings where I was the only person waiting at the central West Campus bus stop--and there are no buildings with windows close enough for anyone to look out on those lots.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

And so was the medical student, Brian Shaffer, who disappeared about 6 weeks ago. Very strange.

thats what i was saying. hockey makes guys tough, but stupid apparently too...

 

[ScarletInMyVeins]

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9225350/detail.html

Ohio State Student Found Safe In Tennessee

Police Think Hayashi Was Abducted


POSTED: 2:11 pm EDT May 16, 2006
UPDATED: 2:28 pm EDT May 16, 2006

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Hayashi, 21, was found in Athens, Tenn., according to an Ohio State spokesman. Athens is northeast of Chattanooga.
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The university has scheduled an afternoon news conference.
According to Ohio State, Hayashi was abducted while he was on the way to class last week.
Hayashi's family said he left home for school last Thursday but never made it to class.
Police found Hayashi's car in a campus parking lot off Kenny Road and Lane Avenue.
The Hayashi family said the computer science major was always good about telling them where he would be. He told them he would be home for dinner Thursday night. They said he seemed fine in the days leading up to his disappearance and was not facing any sort of stressful situation from which he might have been fleeing.
University officials said he had not checked his university e-mail account since Wednesday and there was no activity on his credit card.
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[scooter1369]

I work near Lane and Kenny, which is where they found Hayashi's car. Hard to imagine how they pulled this off so close to the OSUPD HQ right there at Woody Hayes and Kenny. Maybe not that hard, I guess.

 

[pakman]

I work near Lane and Kenny, which is where they found Hayashi's car. Hard to imagine how they pulled this off so close to the OSUPD HQ right there at Woody Hayes and Kenny. Maybe not that hard, I guess.

West campus parking lot is huge. Did they say when the abduction happened? At night, it's a barren parking lot, hardly anyone around.