A body has turned up in the river near Brown University. Authorities believe it may be the body of a student who went missing in mid March, Sunil Tripathi, who was briefly accused of being one of the Boston Marathon bombers on social media websites.
Boston.com reports Providence police Lieutenant Joseph Donnelly says “it’s very, very possible” the body belongs to Tripathi, who has been missing since March 15. He said authorities will not know for sure until the medical examiner’s office has a chance to identify the body.Donnelly says the body was found Tuesday floating in the river by the coach of Brown’s rowing team.WPRI reports authorities believe the body is that of a male between the ages of 20-30, and that it has been in the water more than a couple of days.
After the Boston Marathon bombings last week, Tripathi’s family was rocked by rumors spread on social media websites such as Twitter and Reddit that he could have been one of the suspects, Reuters reports…
Reddit has since apologized for the rumor, and on Friday, Reddit users launched a new crowd-sourced campaign to help locate Tripathi.
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