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An American assemblage pupil who was reported missing during a survey overseas travel successful France has been reunited with his parent and is heading backmost to the United States, authorities said Saturday.
Ken DeLand Jr. "is presently successful Lyon with his parent and they should beryllium taking a level unneurotic for the United-States contiguous during the day,” Grenoble nationalist authoritative Eric Vaillant said successful a connection aboriginal Saturday.
DeLand had gone missing past period but made interaction with his parents connected Friday greeting from Spain. His household said connected a website dedicated to uncovering him that his mother, Carol Laws, was successful France “preparing to spot Kenny and hopefully bring him location for Christmas.”
DeLand was reported missing past period portion studying astatine the University Grenoble Alpes successful France, his household said successful an older station connected the website. They said astatine the clip that they had past heard from DeLand connected Nov. 27 via WhatsApp, a substance connection and calling app.
The 22-year-old went to people connected Nov. 28, his household had said. The pursuing day, helium near his big family’s location and boarded a bid for Valence, France, packing a tiny container that held his cellphone, food, wallet and a alteration of clothes.
The household said connected the website that DeLand’s telephone pinged connected Nov. 30 astatine the Valence bid station, and days later, connected Dec. 3, helium made a acquisition astatine a sporting goods store.
DeLand is simply a pupil astatine St. John Fisher University successful Rochester, New York. His survey programme was expected to extremity Saturday, and his visa expires successful January.
On the website, the household thanked quality outlets Friday, saying: “Without the media’s help, Kenny would not person seen himself successful the news.”
They antecedently said connected the website that DeLand “struggled to acceptable successful and marque friends” erstwhile helium archetypal arrived successful France, but yet “made large connections.”
“It is captious to enactment Ken has friends successful France, and they are the ones who initially reported him missing to the schoolhouse and proceed to amusement enactment and cheque successful for updates connected Ken,” they said.
The disappearance was investigated by the Grenoble nationalist prosecutor’s office, which had antecedently said that DeLand told radical helium was “insufficiently prepared” for the trip. The bureau said it appeared that helium had voluntarily near Grenoble.
Details surrounding his disappearance are not clear.
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