Wednesday, April 11, 2012
An autopsy will be under way shortly to confirm the body is Franco Garcia's — and whether any foul play was involved.
Updated 1:46 p.m. with more information from the scene. Seven weeks after he went missing, officials say that the body pulled from Chestnut Hill Reservoir this morning is that of West Newton resident and Boston College student Franco Garcia. According to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley, preliminary information shows that the body in the reservoir is Garcia. Conley said items found on the body as well as clothing helped officials identify Garcia. Officials will be able to "absolutely" confirm the identification once a full autopsy is complete, Conley said. The autopsy will likely be done today or tomorrow, he said. "I'd like to thank the community of Boston, the Boston College community, the city of Newton, the West Newton …
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Local businesses from across the region have donated services for the search of missing Boston College student Franco Garcia and Garcia's friends have traveled to New York to try to get exposure on the Today Show.
Two weeks after Boston College student Franco Garcia went missing, family and friends refuse to give up the search. "The message is that there is still hope," says Jennifer Bailey, who has recently joined the "Find Franco" efforts. Over the last two weeks, countless volunteers from all over the area have come out to show support for the Garcia family by hanging flyers, posting information online, contacting media outlets and reaching out to local businesses. According to Bailey, 15 local businesses have donated their services to the search for Garcia, with more donations likely on the way. Restaurants have donated food and copy shops have offered free flyers with information about Garcia. The 21-year-old West Newton resident was last seen…
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Have you seen this man? A timeline of events in the search for Franco Garcia, whose whereabouts is a mystery.
[Update: Boston College published a letter informing students of the resources available to them in the BC Chronicle. This information has been added to the article. State Police have no updates at this time. 12:53 p.m.] It's been a week since friends and family have seen missing Boston College student Franco Garcia. He was last spotted at Mary Ann's bar in Cleveland Circle (Brighton) around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22. Garcia, a West Newton resident, is described as a Hispanic male, 21, about 5'9" tall and 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue-and-white-striped button-down shirt, a North Face jacket, and glasses. Anyone with information about Garcia's disappearance is asked to contact Newton Police at 617-796-2100 or Massachusetts…
Don Michael Donahue
3:03 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Really a sad ending, I hope it wasn't foul play...life is getting so fragile lately! more ›