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Thursday marked the last day of the active police search for missing University of St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen, according to the Star Tribune.
Zamlen, 18, disappeared early last Sunday after leaving a party. He apparently was seen drinking and left upset. If Zamlen is still alive, he would have turned 19 Wednesday.
Searchers expressed worry that with the cold weather, the reported drinking, and Zamlen’s Type I diabetes, his insulin pump would only run so long before he could slip into a coma, according to the Star Tribune report.
Police also expressed doubt about the existence of an alleged phone call made by Zamlen to a friend after his initial disappearance.
There were no signs of foul play.
Despite the end of the St. Paul police’s search, Zamlen’s family and friends vowed to continue searching for Dan.
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I read on another news site that the girl he was talking with said his last words were "Oh my god, oh my god, I'm slipping." The police are obviously taking that literally to mean he was slipping down an embankment. But he might have meant he was slipping into a coma or semi-coma state.
Also, on another site, someone wrote about possible connection to a possible string of killings of young college men that leave parties and end out drowned. This is not to be overlooked. John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer both operated in patterns for years before they were caught. Getting young men while they are drunk is an easy target -- everyone believes they have drowned. And police generally refuse to believe a big young man could be kidnapped or raped.
Another factor is whether Zamlen was telling the girl the truth about where he was located. Some people lie like crazy when they are drunk. It was 3 am. He may be a drama queen, he was upset. He could very well have been going to some completely different location, or even sitting in a car or house somewhere. He may have been toying with the girl for dramatic effect, or out of drunken confusion. He wanted her attention -- he called her at 3 am. Telling her he is walking along the river is one way to get attention. I knew of a girl that did this once, while safe and sound at someone's house -- she called someone and said she was on an icy cliff by a river. She was really sitting at a friend's house talking on her cellphone.