Northwestern University Student Goes Missing

Nov. 12, 2008 — -- Authorities are searching for a 20-year-old Northwestern University freshman who was reported missing after his parents came to visit him at the college only to find he had vanished without a trace days earlier.

Trevor Boehm hasn't been in his residence hall, attended classes or used his student ID card in the dining halls since Nov. 5, according to a press release from the university.

Boehm's green Schwinn bicycle is also missing, according to authorities.

Despite filing a missing person report with a national police database and the Evanston Police Department, officials say they have not turned up any leads.

Calls made to Al Cubbage, the vice president for university relations, were not immediately returned. A source at the Evanston, Ill., school said Boehm's parents came to visit for parent's weekend to discover he was missing.

A woman who answered the phone at the Boehm family's home in Monument, Colo., declined to comment about the student's disappearance.

But Boehm's grandmother, Laverna Boehm, told ABCNews.com in a telephone interview that "everyone is praying" for the safe return of her grandson.

She said that Boehm had been busy with school and was a talented actor. According to the university, Boehm was enrolled in the School of Communication.

Sasha Puchalla, a Northwestern junior who has known Boehm since they attended same private high school in Colorado, told the campus newspaper that her friend "really enjoyed being around people and has a lot of fun with life in general."

"He is just such a vibrant person," Puchalla told the Daily Northwestern. "He is very caring and compassionate."

Another one of Boehm's high school friends, Tyler Boschert, told ABCNews.com that it's not like Boehm to simply disappear.

"From everything I've heard it seemed like he was doing fine," said Boschert. "He had friends and was enjoying things."

Boschert, 18, is a sophomore at the university but said that because he lives on the opposite side of campus from Boehm the two didn't see each other very often. He added that Boehm did not have a roommate.