A New York college student has gone missing while studying abroad in France, his family says - CNN

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The household of an American assemblage pupil studying successful France is asking for assistance uncovering him aft they accidental helium hasn’t been heard from successful much than 2 weeks.

Kenny DeLand Jr. is simply a elder astatine St. John Fisher University successful Rochester, New York, who has been studying astatine the University of Grenoble Alpes, according to his family.

The schoolhouse is astir 75 miles southeast of Lyon successful eastbound France.

DeLand’s parents accidental they person not heard from him since November 27. “We conscionable shingle our heads,” his father, Ken DeLand, Sr., told CNN affiliate WHAM. “We don’t recognize wherefore helium is not reaching retired to america if helium was reaching retired connected a regular ground oregon each different time similar helium was it is conscionable not diagnostic of Kenny.”

To assistance find him, Deland’s household has launched a website where radical tin nonstop tips and information. The household says a missing person’s study has been filed, and slope records amusement Kenny DeLand Jr. past made a acquisition astatine a store connected December 3. There has been nary grounds of his whereabouts since, his household says.

“St. John Fisher University volition proceed to bash each it tin to assistance successful the probe to find Kenneth DeLand,” the schoolhouse said successful a statement.

“University officials person stayed successful adjacent interaction with the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) who is moving with section instrumentality enforcement connected the search, arsenic good arsenic Kenneth’s household to connection enactment to them during this time. Our field assemblage remains hopeful that Kenneth volition beryllium recovered harmless and instrumentality home.”

CNN has reached retired to the US State Department and French authorities for much accusation connected the search.