Franco Garcia, 21yrs old, missing from Brighton MA 2/22/12(Body Found)

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http://www.necn.com/03/04/12/Family-of-missing-student-vows-not-to-gi/landing_newengland.html?blockID=663192&feedID=4206
Family of missing student vows not to give up
March 4, 2012

Video at Link

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http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/news/x570354242/Friends-set-up-fund-to-help-missing-BC-students-family
Friends set up fund to help missing BC student's family
March 7, 2012

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http://nextgenjournal.com/2012/03/missing-bc-student-doesnt-affect-campus-safety/
Missing BC Student Doesn’t Affect Campus Safety
By Nicole Leonard / Boston University
March 8, 2012

https://twitter.com/#!/findfranco
Find Franco Garcia

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http://thebrandeishoot.com/articles/11761
Search continues for missing BC student
By Rachel Hirschhaut
March 9, 2012

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In a statement to the Boston Globe, State Police spokesperson David Procopio emphasized that the case “remains a missing persons case. There is no evidence to indicate foul play though foul play has not been ruled out.”

From comments:

Jennifer Angrisani Bailey · Works at First General Realty Corporation, a division of Boston Development Group
Flyers for Franco Garcia.
Public Event for MISSING SINCE 2/21- Franco Garcia · By William C. Zani
Saturday
10:00am until 12:00pm.
Cleveland Circle, adjacent to Mary Ann's.
The parents, family, and friends of Franco Garcia will be distributing flyers to all the people who want to help us search for our son.

Thank you,

Garcia Family

[MuffyBee]

Franco's poor Mom.  It's so sad.  

http://www.necn.com/03/09/12/Luzmila-Garcia-We-need-our-son-to-come-h/landing_newengland.html?blockID=666472&feedID=4206
Luzmila Garcia: We need our son to come home
March 9, 2012

(NECN: Eileen Curran) – “Somebody have to see something. Please, I beg you as a mother that I’m dying every single day. Tell, call the police. Say something, please, please.”

It was an emotional plea from the mother of missing Boston College student Franco Garcia for information about the night he disappeared.
    
It was February 21st. Garcia and some friends went to Mary Ann’s, a popular bar with BC students.
    
At some point, he left his friends, and no one has seen him since.
    
Divers searched the near reservoir for four days and feel confident he’s not in there.

One of the best clues so far is bank surveillance video that captured Garcia outside by himself at 12:18 a.m. Wednesday.
    
“He did not have his coat on. His coat was in the bar. It appears he had every intention of coming back to bar, but no one was seen with him walking at the point. There’s no report of screams or tire screeching, which would suggest an abduction, might suggest an abduction,” said Capt. Paul Anastasia.
The video also indicates a good chance someone outside at the same time saw something.

“That street-based on video surveillance, we have did have multi people on that street and I do believe somebody saw something,” said private investigator Justin Billard.
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Video at Link

(There's mention in the video of some "forensic evidence" that's due to come back from testing early next week.)

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http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2012/news/graciaupdate031512.html
No Answers in Garcia Search
By Reid Oslin | Chronicle Staff
March 15, 2012

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http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-06/yourtown/31300913_1_private-investigator-holy-week-return-home
Private investigator: no leads in search for missing BC student Franco Garcia
By Katie Finnell and Caitlin Flaherty, Globe Correspondents, Globe Staff
April 6, 2012

More than six weeks after Boston College student Franco Garcia disappeared, authorities have hit a dead end, a private investigator working with his family says.

“There isn’t anything new — no sightings, no items found, we don’t have his wallet, there’s no activity on his bank card,” said Justin Billard, the investigator.

Garcia, a 21-year-old chemistry major, disappeared shortly after midnight on Feb. 22 after leaving the popular bar Mary Ann’s, near BC’s campus. He never returned to his parents' West Newton home, where he also lived. Police have found no trace of him since his disappearance.

Billard said in a case like Garcia's, some item of the missing person’s is usually found. Since a search of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir found no sign of Garcia and no other evidence has surfaced, Billard said there is reason to believe he is alive.

“We believe he met someone or went somewhere, but we don’t know where,” he said.

However, Billard said there also is a growing concern as time goes on, especially since there has been no activity on Garcia’s bank card.
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Garcia’s family attended Palm Sunday Mass on April 1 at St. Jude Parish in Waltham where a prayer was said for Garcia. Garcia’s family celebrated Holy Thursday in his honor at St. Mary Parish, also in Waltham.

They plan to continue attending masses throughout Holy Week, Tavera said.
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At BC, students said that as each week passes without Garcia's return, they feel more unsettled about the case.
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Still, Garcia has not been forgotten. Missing-person posters still hang on nearly every campus building and students said they remain hopeful.

“I think it’s sad how people have moved on, but no one knows what to do at this point,” said freshman Christine Haverly. “All we can do is hope.”

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http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/04/body-found-chestnut-hill-reservoir-where-state-police-searched-for-franco-garcia/9asSQcvSFDC28AY1DXuqvM/index.html
Body found in Chestnut Hill Reservoir where State Police searched for missing Boston College student Franco Garcia
April 11, 2012

Authorities are at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir this morning where a body has been found.

The Boston Fire Department and State Police are working to retrieve the body, which was spotted by a passerby around 8 a.m. today, said State Police spokesman David Procopio.

He said the identity of the person was not immediately known.
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http://www.necn.com/04/11/12/Police-confirm-body-found-in-Chestnut-Hi/landing.html?blockID=686982&feedID=4753
Police confirm body found in Chestnut Hill Reservoir
April 11, 2012

Video at Link

[KittyMom]

Hopefully, this will bring the family some closure.

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http://www.necn.com/04/11/12/Body-in-Chestnut-Hill-Reservoir-is-Franc/landing.html?blockID=687066&feedID=4753
Body in Chestnut Hill Reservoir is Franco Garcia
April 11, 2012

BOSTON (AP) - A dive team pulled the body of a missing Boston College student from a reservoir near the campus Wednesday, authorities told his family.
Franco Garcia, a 21-year-old who was studying chemistry and played clarinet in the symphony band, disappeared Feb. 22 after leaving a bar popular with college students. The Chestnut Hill Reservoir where his body was found is between the neighborhood the bar is in and the Boston College campus, where Garcia planned to stay in a friend's dorm the night he vanished.
   
Divers had already searched the reservoir several times but did not find him. Authorities have not yet said whether they suspect foul play.
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[MuffyBee]

Hopefully, this will bring the family some closure.

Since we have confirmation the body is that of Franco, I'm moving this to "Missing Found Deceased".  Sad.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57412421-504083/franco-garcia-update-body-of-missing-boston-college-student-found-in-reservoir-family-says/
Franco Garcia Update: Body of missing Boston College student found in reservoir, family says
April 11, 2012

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According to CBS Boston, the Boston Fire department says it received a call about the body at 7:57 a.m.

The reservoir is between the neighborhood of the bar Mary Ann's, where Garcia was last seen, and the Boston College campus, where Garcia planned to stay in a friend's dorm the night he vanished.

Divers had already searched the reservoir several times but did not find him. Authorities have not yet said whether they suspect foul play.

Garcia had gone to Mary Ann's with friends from Boston College's Symphonic Band but spent part of the night with friends from high school he met inside.

At closing time, his college friends couldn't find him. Police got involved a day later, when his parents returned from a vacation to New York City after not being able to reach him. His Volvo station wagon was parked where he left it with his clarinet inside. There was no new activity on his credit card and no one had used his cellphone since it pinged off a tower near the reservoir at 1:15 a.m.
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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061123804&srvc=home&position=active
Body found in reservoir is missing BC student
April 11, 2012

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Police recovered the body from the Chestnut Hill reservoir this morning after a man out walking his dog saw it floating on the water and alerted authorities.

State police spokesman Dave Procopio said the man spotted the partially submerged body about 20 feet offshore at about 7:45 a.m. The man did not have a cell phone, Procopio added, so he hailed two joggers who then called 911 for help.

Conley said body was found 18 feet from the shore in about seven feet of heavily weeded water.

Police had searched the reservoir for four days in late February after Garcia went missing after leaving Mary Ann’s, a popular student hangout, on Feb. 22. Garcia’s cell phone was last tracked to the area around the reservoir.

Conley said the heavy vegetation under the surface of the reservoir may have played a role in police’s inability to find Garcia during that initial search.

Procopio said during police’s initial search in February, there was no signs to indicate that a person had fallen into the water. When asked if police believed body had been in water for seven weeks, he said the autopsy will answer that question.

When asked if any foul play was involved, Conley said, “We can’t foreclose anything.”
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http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/04/11/peruvian-community-left-with-questions-after-bc-student-body-found/
Peruvian Community Left with Questions After BC Student's Body Found
By Tanya Pérez-Brennan
April 11, 2012

  

    Luzmila Garcia, center, is consoled after the body of her missing son, Boston College student Franco Garcia, was recovered at Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Boston, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Franco Garcia disappeared Feb. 22 after leaving a popular bar near the college. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Boston –  He was described as a quiet and calm family man who helped his mother in the grocery store she ran. He lived in a middle-class neighborhood near Boston and was studying chemistry in college.

Now family and friends of Franco García, 21, are trying to figure out what happened to the Boston College student who vanished in February, and on Wednesday turned up dead in a reservoir close to his school.

"He was a chico de casa [a homebody], very calm,” said Lilly Padilla, who has been friends with his mother for 10 years. “He was a little shy, but he never caused problems.”
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Many in the Peruvian community had come together after Garcia’s disappearance, putting up posters, attending vigils, and otherwise helping with search efforts.

“I think his body was just thrown in the water,” Padilla said. “I’ve been to that reservoir many times since he disappeared and I haven’t seen anything and to now have something appear floating in the water is very mysterious.”

This sentiment is echoed by other Peruvians, which community estimates place at anywhere from 12,000 to 15,000, including those registered with the Consulate and those who are undocumented.

Conrado Montero, one of the members of COPEMA, La Colonia Peruana de Massachusetts, one of the few Peruvian community organizations in the city, said it is hard to believe that García’s death is due to an accident.
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State police assigned to the District Attorney’s office will be conducting an investigation into the death, Wark said. An autopsy is expected tomorrow morning.
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http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/04/prosecutors-say-evidence-franco-garcia-case-suggests-accidental-fall-into-reservoir/1OccsazhtmeIfN1soYH6cO/index.html
Prosecutors say evidence in Franco Garcia case suggests accidental fall into reservoir
April 14, 2012

Suffolk County prosecutors say that evidence in the death of Franco Garcia, the missing Boston College student whose body was found Wednesday in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, suggests his death was an accident.

A preliminary examination by state pathologists found that the body did not have any “broken bones or other significant injury.” Those findings, along with the cash and other personal effects retrieved from the young man’s clothing, “are consistent with an accidental fall into the water,” District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said in a statement.

District attorney’s spokesman Jake Wark said both cash and a wallet were found in Garcia’s clothing.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will not make an official ruling on the cause of death until more toxicology tests are completed. Some of those tests were requested by Garcia’s family, Wark said.

“Usually, standard toxicological tests are sufficient,” Wark said. “My understanding is that the family wished for some additional tests to be done, and the medical examiner’s office intends to accommodate those requests.”

The investigation into Garcia’s final hours remains ongoing, however, Wark said, and detectives probing the case are still urging anyone with information about what Garcia was doing in the early morning hours of Feb. 22 to call 617-727-8817, Ext 1, or Boston College Police at 617-552-4000.
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http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20220415i_dont_know_why_this_happens_bc_priest_reflects_on_tragedy_at_reservoir
BC priest reflects on tragedy at reservoir
‘I don’t know why this happens’
April 15, 2012

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