Editor's note: Not all of this information may be accurate. In constantly-changing situations like this, authorities and witnesses often provide information that later turns out to be partially or wholly wrong. We are trying to aggregate all the information we can to help searchers and provide what information we can to those concerned about Paul. As we discover something reported here to be wrong, we will correct the mistake. We apologize for anything we may get wrong here, and hope that Paul is found soon. Thank you.
Updated Tuesday 9/26 at 7:27 p.m.
Administrators from GrinnellPlans said that while Shuman-Moore's Plan was logged into at 11:58 a.m. this morning, it was not him. Rather, someone else accidentally logged into his Plan from a computer with Shuman-Moore's Plans password stored.
Updated Tuesday 9/26 at 3:07 p.m.
Campus Security provided this description of Shuman-Moore at the time of his disappearance: "He is 19-years old, stands five feet and seven inches tall, weighs about 138 pounds. He has medium length brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a green t-shirt, a light colored plaid shirt, and white sneakers."
Searchers will continue until 7 p.m. tonight and continue the search in the morning.
Shuman-Moore's parents have been notified.
Updated Tuesday 9/26 at 2:29 p.m.
Paul Shuman-Moore '09 was reported missing at 10:25 p.m. last night. His friends, Security, and police are searching for Shuman-Moore. Here's some information about Paul and the search. (Information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but will be updated as more facts come in. Keep checking back.)
• The sighting of Shuman-Moore at the Kum 'n' Go getting into a grey van, as previously reported, is considered a dead lead.
• He last ate in the dining hall Sunday lunch.
• His bike is still here. We previously reported that his guitar and amp were missing, which was incorrect—all of his instruments and his computer are still here
• The last confirmed student sighting of Shuman-Moore was 1:23 a.m. on Monday morning
• Local police, fire, sheriff's officials, college staff and volunteers have all been mobilized to search for Shuman-Moore. The local Community Emergency Response Team has also been activated. KGRN is broadcasting the news.
Shuman-Moore is known for taking long walks out of town. Security is looking for anyone who saw Shuman-Moore on Monday, as he did not come back to his room Sunday night either.
Contact Security (641-269-4600) with any information about Shuman-Moore's whereabouts.
Security is forming a search party. Contact them (x4600) if interested in joining the party, or stop by the Security office at 1432 East Street. A tent has been set up, and volunteers can get orientation, supplies, radios and refreshments there.
Updates coming periodically.
5 comments:
I really think that students searching for Paul is a bad idea. I understand that people need to feel like they are helping but when you consider the circumstances and the possible outcomes (none of which are very happy) do you really want to be the one who finds Paul. I want him to be fine but I really don't want a student to be the one who finds him if he isn't. I think that would be too much for a student.
Replying to anonymous:
1) That's assuming the worst, which is kind of a discouraging thing to do at this point.
2) If the worst has happened, it's not going to be easy on whomever discovers that, whether that person is a student or not. Really, at this point in our lives, we're all adults. It's not like it's going to get any easier to deal with tragedy.
2)a. Also, it's not as though Grinnellians haven't dealt with some serious tragedy on campus before (although no one at Grinnell currently was there for that). You'd be surprised at how well people come together to do what's necessary and to support each other through it afterward. Give your fellow students some credit.
So in conclusion 3) I'd think that search parties could use all the possible help they could get, regardless of whether that person is a student, and I think anyone who feels capable of sacrificing their own comfort and risking an upsetting discovery in order to help out should do so.
What's more important though is that we find him at all. We are the largest group of people around, so if students involved means that we can find Paul faster, all the better.
Anna Werner
As someone who was a junior at the time of the "suicides" of two of my own classmates and the attempted suicide of a first year in the same week I extend my deepest prayers to everyone on campus. GC is a close community and when this stuff happens it is never easy and often extremely hard to deal with.
I have two quick questions about somethings that are unclear. In the reports I've seen, it appears that the student was reported missing at 10:30pm on Sunday and yet was last seen headed to his dorm room at 1:30am on Monday. Is this correct or are the dates backwards?
Also, I noticed that the last Plans login for [shumanmo] was on Tuesday at 11:58am. Did someone else login to his plan or did he?
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