Texas Student Vanishes After Movie Night
Zuzu Verk, a 22-year-old student at Sul Ross State University in Texas, went to the movies with her on-again, off-again boyfriend and a group of friends on Tuesday, Oct. 11. After that, she mysteriously vanished, and police have launched a massive search effort to find her.
According to CBS 7, Zuzu’s mother hadn’t heard from her by that Friday, and so she called her boyfriend, who said he hadn’t heard from her either. It turned out she had never showed up for her midterm exam that Wednesday and missed her shift at work. On Friday, Zuzu had planned to go camping once midterms were over but now has utterly vanished, with her cell phone dead.
WFAA-TV reports that the boyfriend is a “person of interest” in the case and that police had searched his house Wednesday. There are also other persons of interest, authorities say. Investigators and volunteers have searched more than 200 square miles so far.
There is a $30,000 reward for information that leads to finding her or having her return safely home. Police are also looking for information regarding a gray 2006 Jeep Liberty and a 2004 Mazda Miata convertible being driven the night of Oct. 12. Authorities urge anyone with information to call the Alpine Police Department at (432) 837-3486.
Friends of the Verk family have set up a GoFundMe account to pay for the family’s travel costs during the search. “We’re all special but there’s something exceptional about this young woman. She’s vibrant and she’s full of excitement and life,” her father, Glenn Verk, told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth. “I’m just very proud of her and I want to see her again.”
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