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BC student missing
By adamg on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 10:27pm
Missing BC student.
Franco Garcia was last seen Tuesday night at Mary Ann's in Cleveland Circle. He made a phone call around 1:15 a.m., possibly on his way back to the BC campus, but he hasn't been heard from since - and his car is still parked at the school.
If you've seen him since then, or know anything at all about what's happened to him, contact Newton Police detectives at 617-796-2104.
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Don't forget to respect personal privacy
Myself, as well as 2 of my friends have had this "Missing Person" hype pulled on them when we decided to go away at separate times and didn't bother to let people know our plans and turned our phones off.
Sometimes people like to disconnect and have a few days of quiet private time. I feel as a society we are so used to people being connected that as soon as they are not, we automatically assume something bad has happened. Most of the time it's simply the person wanting some private time. Also, I've seen this a lot when gay people are in the closet and they want to have an extended date with someone. Of course, I'm not making any judgments about this particular individual.
It's barely been 3 days since he last made contact, and it's a weekend. He might have just gone away.
Concern, yes. "Missing Person" worthy yet, no IMO.
Regardless I hope the guy is ok!
Is it so hard to let anyone know?
This has nothing to do with how connected we are these days. It's just good courtesy to those that care about you to say, "hey, gonna drop out for a few days on my own...catch you later". Sure, you don't need to tell everyone you know but a roommate, parent, or best friend would be enough to defuse a search effort.
A little bit of responsibility goes a long way
How selfish.
A simple voicemail or email to someone, "Hey, need to decompress. Will be back in a couple of days" would have prevented the necessity of frightening those who care about you. Simply taking off, missing class and leaving your employer in the lurch is generally considered a sign of a problem. The problem may be that you're completely self-absorbed and thoughtless, and that may be the best out-come of this current situation. I imagine the next time you and your "friends" (real friends don't put people through this type of scare) decide to disconnect the authorities won't get involved because you've set up a pattern of such behavior. Clearly this kid's friends and family are not expecting this from him, which is why the police are involved.
Hope he turns up soon and is okay. Hope you and your friends grow up and know better.
on personal privacy
As someone helping with this, let me clarify a couple of things.
He commutes to BC, and his car remains in the lot where he left it. He was supposed to stay with a friend on the BC campus on the night he went missing (and, obviously, did not). His phone is off and his credit/debit cards have not been used. He was at a bar and was drinking.
Of course, we are hoping that he is missing of his own volition. If that is the case, people just need to know that he is safe. If not... well—who knows.
DanM is right. I imagine that
DanM is right.
I imagine that the other comments are more referring to the first comment of the thread that posited that sometimes folks need to get away and that somehow other well meaning folks in there lives should somehow recognize this phenomenon as a private matter and not act out of concern (a dicey proposition).
I think most folks just hope that the young man is safe.
Dredge the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.
I'm sure you'll find him there.
-1 Callous Ghoul
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-2 for callous ghoul with poor vocabulary
My thoughts are with the family and I'm hoping for this young man's safe return.
jonbowen, the word you were looking for is drag.
Honestly, although the first
Honestly, although the first response is a bit flip it's probably true. The guy is probably on a trip somewhere and just, for whatever reason, didn't tell anyone.