From the Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University’s student newspaper:
The search continues for the missing 22-year-old exchange student from Guernsey, England, who was last seen on campus on March 2. The VCU Police Department is joined by students, family and friends in their efforts to locate the student.
Jonathan “Jonny” S. Dorey is a geography major who lives in the Gladding Residence Center.
According to press statement issued by VCU Police Chief John Venuti, Dorey is between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet tall, weighs between 180 and 200 pounds and has brown hair. Dorey wears glasses and was last seen wearing a blue and white plaid jacket with a hood and dark blue jeans. He was riding a black mountain bike.
Venuti stated police have no reason to believe foul play is involved in Dorey’s disappearance, but would like to talk to anyone who has seen Dorey.
Lorna Yarberry, a friend of Dorey and a communication arts major stated in an e-mail she was informed of his disappearance Wednesday afternoon when mutual friends called asking if she had seen him. Yarberry stated Dorey was a frequent bike rider and the search had extended to trails Dorey had been known to ride.
“A friend works for the K-9 Alert search and rescue for Henrico and she and her dog and the rest of the team with state-certified search dogs were out around the river today looking for him,” Yarberry stated. They didn’t find anything yet they’re going to continue to search the area and the river.”
Yarberry stated some of Dorey’s friends, including an officer, covered all the paths and grounds at Belle Isle (north and south ends) and the trails of Hollywood Cemetary (sic).
There are several of these strange disappearances including another college student that rode away on a mountain bike in Texas. At one time there were three Canadian engineering students missing but one was located in Texas.
Subliminal Distraction is a likely cause. No school provides Cubicle Level Protection or warns students about a 1960’s discovery that SD could cause mental breaks for knowledge workers.
Jonny Dorey comes from a small island community – Guernsey. We are all praying for his safe return but it is a deeply worrying scenario. he may have lost his glasses and had an accident or he may have been too trusting coming from a place that has little or no crime, keep searching we are so concerned here in the island.
I really hope he is OK. I know the VCU community is worried about him and hopes he is safe and OK.
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