(June 02, 2012, Kansas)--Douglas County authorities Friday identified a 23-year-old former
Kansas University student, Yelekal Alemu, as the person whose body was
found Thursday east of Lawrence.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Alemu’s family who has been notified of his death,” said Sgt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas County Sheriff’s spokesman. Alemu had been missing for nearly three weeks.
Lewis said Friday morning a Lawrence police officer who was conducting a follow-up investigation into Alemu’s disappearance found the body in a wooded area south of the Wakarusa River, near Douglas County Road 1057. Coroner’s investigators used dental records to make the identification.
“The investigation indicates there’s no foul play,” Lewis said. Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman, said Friday afternoon that officers had notified the Alemu’s family that a body had been found in the general area that Alemu’s car had been found. He last was seen alive on May 12.
“We have kept in contact with Mr. Alemu’s family on any leads that have come up (in the case),” McKinley said. On May 14, Lawrence police asked for the public’s help in finding Alemu, who was last enrolled as a KU student last fall. He had been reported missing by friends on May 12 after he failed to show up for an important family gathering that weekend.
Police found his car undamaged southeast of Lawrence shortly after he was reported missing, and officers conducted several searches in that rural area east of Lawrence. Read more from LJ World »
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Alemu’s family who has been notified of his death,” said Sgt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas County Sheriff’s spokesman. Alemu had been missing for nearly three weeks.
Lewis said Friday morning a Lawrence police officer who was conducting a follow-up investigation into Alemu’s disappearance found the body in a wooded area south of the Wakarusa River, near Douglas County Road 1057. Coroner’s investigators used dental records to make the identification.
“The investigation indicates there’s no foul play,” Lewis said. Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman, said Friday afternoon that officers had notified the Alemu’s family that a body had been found in the general area that Alemu’s car had been found. He last was seen alive on May 12.
“We have kept in contact with Mr. Alemu’s family on any leads that have come up (in the case),” McKinley said. On May 14, Lawrence police asked for the public’s help in finding Alemu, who was last enrolled as a KU student last fall. He had been reported missing by friends on May 12 after he failed to show up for an important family gathering that weekend.
Police found his car undamaged southeast of Lawrence shortly after he was reported missing, and officers conducted several searches in that rural area east of Lawrence. Read more from LJ World »
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