There's a recent article claiming the search is on going. It depicts a rather gruesome possibility. The whole thing makes no sense. He was in his dorm. One can't help but wonder if he passed out and someone thought it would be a joke.
TRENTON (AP) -- Investigators have yet to turn up evidence in their search of a Pennsylvania landfill for clues into the disappearance of a freshman from The College of New Jersey three weeks ago.
State police Capt. Al Della Fave said that as of Tuesday evening, nothing had been found at the landfill, which receives trash from the school's campus in nearby Ewing.
Investigators were expected to return today to continue what they have been doing since April 1, combing the garbage for any evidence, including the body of John Fiocco Jr.
Fiocco, 19, was last seen in the early morning of March 25 after returning to his dormitory from an off-campus party. His roommate reported him missing to campus police about 36 hours later.
... Kirk said there is little chance of a person escaping from the enclosed automated system, which uses 2,000 pounds of pressure to push garbage into a bin.
The trash would have been compacted at least one more time before it was deposited at the Pennsylvania landfill.
Somehow the "practical joke gone horribly wrong" angle makes me queasy in a way that straightforward foul play doesn't. Funny, that.
Posted by: Laertes | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 09:52 PM