Student still missing

(Updated Fri May 13 09:20:10 CEST 2016)

Victor Karlsson Sehlin, a 22-year-old student at Linköping University, is still missing, despite intensive search efforts by police, military and hundreds of volunteers, including many students. On Sunday 15 May another search is organised by Missing People.

Victor disappeared Tuesday night last week after an outdoor party at Campus Valla. On last Friday he was reported missing, and since then efforts to locate him have been intensive. In addition to a large search in nearby forested areas, the university has engaged extra security staff to search through all the buildings on the campus. On Monday divers were searching for the student in a dam on the campus – without success.

On Sunday the student’s family decided to publish his full name and a photograph, to assist in the search.

The university has activated its crisis management. During the weekend the university’s head of security received updates from the police. In social media and on the internet, students and other members of the public have been encouraged to contact the police if they have any information that could be of assistance, and many have done so.

The university’s Student Health Services is prepared to receive students who need someone to talk to. Specific groups will also be contacted.

If you have information of interest to the police, they can be contacted on 114 14.

On Sunday 15 May at 11 am, a new search is organised by Missing People. The organisation is hoping a lot of people will turn up. The meeting place will be announced. Information will be posted on Missing People's Facebook page (in Swedish).

Photograph, top: Jeppe Gustavsson

Read more at corren.se (in Swedish)

Lennart Falklöf Mon May 09 09:09:00 CEST 2016

