Amber Alert Cancelled For CU Student
Missing 17-Year-Old Never Arrived At Classes
POSTED: 8:07 a.m. MDT September 13, 2002
UPDATED: 10:00 a.m. MDT September 13, 2002
DENVER -- Lighted highway message boards in Colorado displayed the vehicle description and license number of a 17-year-old University of Colorado student who was the focus of an Amber Alert issued Friday morning.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said the
Amber Alert for Ryan Paul Witte was cancelled 8 hours later because Louisville
Police determined that Witte was most likely not abducted.
.
He still has not yet been located.
Witte was last seen Thursday morning leaving
Louisville en route to the CU-Boulder campus. He never arrived for
classes, and did not show up for a piano lesson that was scheduled
Thursday.
Witte is described as a white male who's 5-foot-10 and weighs
approximately 130 pounds. He has short sandy brown hair and brown
eyes. He was wearing a brown and green polo paisley shirt and green
shorts, and white New Balance athletic shoes.
Witte was driving a 1996 Subaru Outback described as dark forest
green over grey. The car has tinted windows, a "Thule" bike rack,
and Colorado license plate 912 EMD.
CU police are worried about Witte's medical condition because
he has a collapsed lung. Authorities say they have looked
everywhere for him but have not located the teen.
The Amber Alert system is named in honor of Amber Hagerman, a
Texas girl killed in 1996. The program, used to quickly disseminate
information about a missing child through news media and other
outlets, is used in more than a dozen states.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said the
Amber Alert for Ryan Paul Witte was cancelled 8 hours later because Louisville
Police determined that Witte was most likely not abducted.
.
He still has not yet been located.
Witte was last seen Thursday morning leaving
Louisville en route to the CU-Boulder campus. He never arrived for
classes, and did not show up for a piano lesson that was scheduled
Thursday.
Witte is described as a white male who's 5-foot-10 and weighs
approximately 130 pounds. He has short sandy brown hair and brown
eyes. He was wearing a brown and green polo paisley shirt and green
shorts, and white New Balance athletic shoes.
Witte was driving a 1996 Subaru Outback described as dark forest
green over grey. The car has tinted windows, a "Thule" bike rack,
and Colorado license plate 912 EMD.
CU police are worried about Witte's medical condition because
he has a collapsed lung. Authorities say they have looked
everywhere for him but have not located the teen.
The Amber Alert system is named in honor of Amber Hagerman, a
Texas girl killed in 1996. The program, used to quickly disseminate
information about a missing child through news media and other
outlets, is used in more than a dozen states.
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