Missing premed Indian boy found – drowned
September 25, 2012 in Community News, Email Newsletter
Earlier From: Huffington Post – A Northwestern University pre-medicine student vanished after an off-campus party on Saturday, and the college has declared his disappearance an emergency.
Harsha Maddula, 18, was last seen leaving the party on Ridge Avenue in Evanston, Ill., at 12:30 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reports…
Family members said he’s never gone missing before and that he’s a sharp-witted straight-A student. Partygoers said he left the gathering with three or four people, and wasn’t visibly intoxicated, according to the Daily Northwestern. So far, there’s no indication of foul play, cops told the paper.
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The group eventually arrived at another off-campus party before realizing they lost Harsha on the way. It is not clear how Harsha separated from the group while traveling between the two locations, which are less than eight minutes apart by foot.
Harsha called Weinberg sophomore John Kim at 12:10 a.m. Saturday and asked where Kim was. Kim replied he was still at the party on Ridge Avenue and Harsha said he was “going to see if he could make it over there,” Kim said.
Friends say PARC president Linzy Wagner, a Weinberg sophomore, called Harsha at about 12:35 a.m. and asked where he was. Harsha told her that he was back in his room at PARC, which was not true according to UP. This was the last known contact from Harsha. The friends contacted UP around 6:45 p.m. later that day.
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Latest News: His body was found in the Harbor. Our deepest condolences to Maddula family! RIP!
Narayan said on December 18, 2012
November 30, 2012
After more than two months of interviewing witnesses, Evanston Police believe Harsha Maddula’s death was the result of an accident and are waiting on toxicology results that could reveal whether alcohol was involved in the McCormick sophomore’s disappearance.
Maddula walked from the party to Wilmette Harbor, where his body was discovered several days later.
Parrott said there is no evidence of foul play in the death of the exemplary pre-med student. The record of a signal from Maddula’s cell phone received in the early morning on Sept. 22 at a cell tower in Willmette Harbor was the clue that led police to search for him there.