Authorities Looking Close to N.J. Lake for Lacking Princeton College Pupil

Authorities are looking for a Princeton College pupil, who was final seen at one of many New Jersey faculty’s libraries over the weekend.

Lauren Blackburn, 23, was final seen on Saturday, April 19, at roughly 6 p.m. native time, in line with a Tiger Alert emailed to college students on Tuesday, April 22. The final sighting was close to Firestone Library carrying “blue denims with torn knees, a yellow t-shirt with a black, zippered hooded sweatshirt, and blue, flat backside sneakers,” per the alert.

The junior is 6 ft, 2 inches tall, and weighs 170 kilos. Princeton College Vice President for Pupil Life W. Rochelle Calhoun despatched an e mail to all college students providing sources and assist at Counseling and Psychological Companies and the Workplace of Spiritual Life, in addition to the residential schools and graduate faculty, in line with The Every day Princetonian.

“I’ll share an replace after we know extra, however within the meantime please maintain Lauren in your ideas as we try to find him,” Calhoun wrote.

The Division of Public Security started its seek for Blackburn on Monday, April 21 at Lake Carnegie, a man-made reservoir positioned a mile away from the campus library, the place Blackburn was final seen. A lacking individual’s telephone was pinged to the realm, however DPS has but to recuperate it or decide if it belonged to Blackburn.

Sonar items, drones from close by Hamilton Township, N.J., and Ok-9 items are at the moment being utilized within the water seek for Blackburn, per 6ABC.

The lake was constructed for Princeton’s prestigious rowing workforce in 1906. The lake is 9 ft deep at a 35-foot distance from the shoreline, in line with the college.

Blackburn, who was as soon as a options author for Princeton’s pupil newspaper, obtained the Nationwide Benefit Scholarship in 2019, per WAVE. He additionally earned the Gates Scholarship as a highschool pupil at Corydon Central Excessive College in Corydon, Ind.

“I’m very grateful and really feel very blessed,” Blackburn instructed the outlet on the time. “Princeton will enable me to check something and get a world class training in something.”

”He can learn a e book and know all the pieces in it,” Corydon English instructor Kate Robinson instructed the station. “I’m fairly certain he has a photographic reminiscence.”

PEOPLE has reached out to Princeton College Police and The Every day Princetonian for remark.