Mysterious disappearance of Virginia College student Ian Burnet 22 years of age and had a full scholarship at Virginia Commonwealth University majoring in engineering vanished without a trace on the streets of New York.
He was last seen December 30th with friends at a sublet apartment on 139th and Riverside Drive around 4pm. What is unusual about it is that he left behind many items, including his cell phone, it is rare these days for anyone not to be carrying a cell phone, its like a third arm. While the Huffington Post reported that Ian "has no history of drug or alcohol abuse," older brother Jamie does write that Ian also left behind his "trees" (Reddit speak for weed) at the apartment.
A more recent post from Jamie on Reddit provides another peek into his emotional status in search for his brother he writes on Reddit.
I don't know if it's okay for me to post about myself. I was a new Reddit or before all this happened, and now I don't really have anonymity, at least not for anyone who really looks. My dad tells me to be careful about what I post. He tells me that my previous Reddit thread on the subject is being used as a source by media sources in a lot of the cities carrying the story. When a few people read online about Ian's interest in trees, they reported it and some people took that as a prompt to stop searching. They'd already judged my brother and didn't want to help someone like that. I worried that maybe I'd hurt things more than I'd helped.
These kinds of disappearances prompted a website by friend, family and volunteers across New York and New Jersey.
Other cases of missing persons over the years that have been mysterious and remain unsolved.
West Islip man and dog, Michael Taus 25yr old and dog Romeo, his car was found in Elmont with his car door open at the seen.
Park Slope Brooklyn women, Marion Mccleneghan 40yr old last seen leaving a party at 14st and 7ave. February 6, 2010 around 2am.
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