U.S. student studying abroad found dead in Rome rail tunnel
Source: CNN
(CNN) -- A U.S. student who went missing while studying abroad in Italy was found dead inside a railroad tunnel in central Rome, police there said Saturday.
Investigators are looking into the death of John Durkin, an economics major from Rye Beach, New Hampshire. The 21-year-old attended Bates College, but was one of six students from the Maine school taking part in a study abroad program in Rome through Trinity College in Connecticut, his school said. Both colleges are working with Italian authorities.
"It is with much sadness that the Durkin family informs you of the loss of John Nolen Durkin and thanks everyone for their support during the past few days," his family said in a statement released through Bates.
He's been in Rome for a little more than a month as part of a semester-long program, according to Tom Durkin, a family spokesman.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/22/world/europe/italy-american-student-missing/
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Bates Athletics profile of Durkin
blackspade
(10,056 posts)As a snarky aside, so how soon will his roommate be arrested and charged with a satanic sex ritual gone wrong?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)alp227
(32,004 posts)crim son
(27,464 posts)mainly because I am 2/3 of the way through one of the many written accounts of the Kercher murder investigation fiasco. We are in shock here in Bangor, Maine, as on of the young man's classmates on this semester abroad went to the local high school with my oldest son.
MADem
(135,425 posts)When they reported his cards hadn't been used, nor his phone, it was a foregone conclusion that he was gone. I thought they might find him in the river. Turns out he was hit by a train: