A Mississippi State University student who had been missing since Friday has been located and is safe, according to a post on MSU Police Department’s Twitter on Thursday.
Police and other university officials had asked for the public’s help locating Nicholas Smith, a freshman computer engineering major who lives on campus, after his family reported him missing, MSU Chief Communications Officer Sid Salter told The Dispatch Wednesday. Smith was last seen leaving his residence hall on Friday, when a university camera shows he was wearing blue jeans, boots and a gray jacket and hoodie.
A statement from Salter issued Thursday morning said Smith was found in Columbus, where officers from Columbus Police Department, along with other area law enforcement, had helped locate him. The MSUPD Tweet said Smith “is safe and has been reunited with his parents.”
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