Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - The Desperate Search for a Gorgeous Missing Princeton Co-ed, Tragic Twist

Episode Date: October 20, 2022

Today's episode of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace was broadcast before the body of Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie was found. The  Mercer County Prosecutor's Office says a facilities employee discovered Ewunetie's body Thursday afternoon, behind some tennis courts. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause and manner of death. Officials say there are no obvious signs of injury.    Our condolences to the family.  Princeton University junior Misrach Ewunetie was last seen in her dorm, but her cellphone pinged near an off-campus housing complex two days after she disappeared. Authorities have searched the outside areas of the complex multiple times. Officers could not go inside homes without a warrant but residents did talk with some people who lived in the area. Misrach's brother, Universe Ewunetie, told The Sun that his sister missed an important meeting the day after she disappeared. Misrach is 5-foot-4 and about 130 pounds with brown eyes, and black hair. She was valedictorian of her high school class and earned a full scholarship to Princeton. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Jason Oshins - New York Defense Attorney Dr. Charles Heller - Clinical and Forensic Psychologist Specializing in Domestic Violence, Chief Forensic Consultant: Rockland County (New York) Forensic Mental Health Unit, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Greg Smith - Special Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County Sheriff's Office (Kansas),  Executive Director of the Kelsey Smith Foundation, www.kelseysarmy.com  Glenn Bard - Former Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class (Greensburg, PA), Computer Crime Investigations, U.S. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, PATCtech Digital Forensics, PATCTech.com  Dave Mack - Crime Online Investigative Reporter  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. If you are like myself and my husband, we work night and day to help our children to study. Let's see, what are they having today? An AP World History test and something, a biology test. Two big tests one day. It's almost homecoming. What are they going to wear?

What are their shoes? What's the motif? It goes on and on. What's up for scouts? How close are they to Eagle? My point is, you do everything you can to help them, to advance them one step forward to a happy life. You know, my daughter has been watching, what is it, Jackie? What is it she watches?

Reruns of, oh, it's Gilmore Girls and Gossip Girls, but Gilmore's the one I'm talking about right now. I didn't even know about Gilmore Girls, so she started watching the reruns. And Rory wants to go, this is the girl about Gilmore Girls, so she started watching the reruns. And Rory wants to go. This is the girl in Gilmore Girls. She wants to go to Harvard. And Lucy now thinks she wants to go to an Ivy League school, which I'm all happy about if she makes it great. What I'm saying is you think, wow, could my child get into an IV?

Well, then their life would be just set, right? And I wouldn't have to worry anymore. Well, listen to this. I'm working up to something here. This little girl, Ms. Rock, just turns 20. She makes it. She's the valedictorian of her high school class. She gets a full scholarship to Princeton.

Full scholarship. You know how happy her family is? They have worked their fingers to the bone to get their daughter. She made it. And now the little girl is missing. She's missing. She's gone. We've been on the investigation for days now. Where is Ms. Rock? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Sirius XM 111.

First of all, take a listen to our friends at ABC7. The search continues for a Princeton student who went missing yesterday. Law enforcement is stepping up patrols around the New Jersey Ivy League campus for Musrak Unate. Princeton says it's deploying a helicopter, drones, and watercraft to aid in the search. Unate is an undergraduate student, part of the class of 2024. The school is asking anyone with information to contact Princeton's Department of Public Safety. All we know is that she essentially vanished in the middle of the night. By all accounts, Ms. Ratch Unite is an exceptional student, earning a full ride to one of the nation's most prestigious universities.

A campus disappearance. Obviously, it's heartbreaking. Students reacting after word got out that 20-year-old Misrach Unite, a second-year student at Princeton University, hasn't been seen since early Friday morning. Right now, I'm having just big red flags waving in my head. You just heard from our friends at ABC7 as well as Cleveland 19. Where is this girl, Miss Rock? Joining me, an all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now and in the investigation of the disappearance of Miss Rock, Jason Oceans joining me, high-profile lawyer out of this jurisdiction he practices all over. Jason,

the first thing that's jumping out at me, I've got a lot of questions, but the Princeton University police. Uh-uh. No. I don't know how long they handled the disappearance, how many hours they were involved. But right there, you have to get the actual, the real police. No offense to them. No offense whatsoever. But you need the full-on police. Remember Kristen Smart? How those campus security screwed that whole thing up? I mean,

we lost days because of them in finding or discovering that Kristen Smart was missing. Her body has never been found and they screwed it up. I'm just telling you like it is, Jason Oceans. No, I hear you, Nancy. And I think Princeton set out the alert on Monday, you know, some 48 hours afterwards. You know, university police are, you know, limited in the type of scale that they have cases. And clearly, once she was missing beyond 24 hours, they should have sounded the alarm. Well, wait, why are you sounding like a cop?

What do you mean once she's missing after 24 hours? I didn't know that it was statutorily mandated that you have to wait 24 hours. I mean, let me tell you this, Jason Oceans, if my children are not there at pickup, yeah, I'm calling police right then. So why would I have to wait 24 hours? They investigate. Typically, they think that first reaction is that someone has left voluntarily. They're not scoped to think that first, and they usually wait to see and investigate that aspect first before hitting the red alarm. So if you're not used to these cases and you're not sensitive to them, then there is that waiting period. And you and I both know that that waiting period in that first 24 to 48 hours, the most critical aspect,

the longer you wait, those hours are days. And the opportunity to capture an eyewitness, someone who saw something in some way or someone who noticed something off but didn't connect it to the situation, those moments are lost. And, you know, now we try to recapture that in some way. And sometimes often it's too late. You're so right. And Nancy, I hate to jump in and clarify something. Who's jumping in? This is Dave Mack. Jump in, Dave Mack. Joining me from Crime Online. Go. All right, Nancy, here's the reality. OK, she was last seen at 3 a.m outside her dorm yep but she wasn't reported missing until monday at 9 20 and the reason is real simple nobody knew she was gone okay the police it wasn't the police dropping the ball nobody reported her missing until uh nine o'clock

on monday okay and when she was reported missing, who took the report? Who began investigating? It began at Princeton with the Princeton University Police. That's what I'm saying, because I understand the campus police held on to it for 24 hours or so. And those hours are critical. And again, Dave Mack, I want you to clarify any fact that you hear that could be wrong because no fact is unimportant, no matter how small in this case. So what you just said is actually really important. And what Jason Ocean said is also correct. We're all three right. The campus security got it and held on to it. But she was missing from the early morning hours. It was Friday. Would that have been Saturday morning at 3 a.m.? It would have been Friday morning at 3 a.m. Okay, so then we go the whole

day Friday night, then the whole day Saturday and Saturday night, the whole day Sunday and Sunday night, and then she's reported missing on Monday. Do I have that right, Dave Mack? Absolutely correct. And then at that point, when everybody finally realizes, where's Ms. Rock? It's handed over to campus security. And again, let me be clear, straight out to Glenn Bard joining me, former Pennsylvania state trooper, first class, also computer crime investigations expert, U.S. vet of Operation Desert Storm, and runs, how do I say it, Glenn Bard?

We call it PATC Tech. Of course you do, because nobody would think that. PATCTech.com. Glen Bart, I am not attacking campus security because campus security typically is great for on-campus activity. But they are not trained in kidnapping and first response and so many other things that you need in a disappearance of a young girl like this.

Well, situations like this, obviously, the more agencies involved, the better off there are, especially if you can start getting into the agencies that have just seriously more equipment, more technology, and more resources. I'm not familiar with what their training is, what they go through, but anytime I've worked on cases similar to this, we, of course, want to get any kind of agency involved that does have specialized capabilities and specialized training. And, of course, in a situation like this, your agency is going to want to be willing to help as much as possible

to try to find a young lady like this. This girl, just 20 years old, remember, valedictorian of her high school class. Full scholarship at Princeton University. Ivy League. And she's doing great. Great, great so far. What more do we learn?

Take a listen to our friends at PIX11. 20-year-old Miss Ratsky went as he was first reported missing Monday night. She was last seen early Friday morning at the dorm where she lived on the south end of campus. Weighing on the minds of students at Princeton University, the mysterious disappearance of Miss Ratchuenity, a student from Cleveland, Ohio. So far, no details have surfaced about why or how she's gone missing. The 20-year-old is 5'4", 130 pounds and has brown eyes, brown hair. On the last day she was seen was also the last day of classes before the university broke for fall recess.

Classes are set to resume next Monday. She was last seen around Friday in the vicinity of Scully Hall. If you know where she is or where she could be, you're asked to call Public Safety at 609-258-1000. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Joining me, Greg Smith, Special Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Executive Director of Kelsey Smith Foundation, online at kelseysarmy.com. Greg, here's another layer that we're not taking into account. I just learned from PICS, Dave Mack said Monday, it's Monday night. First reported missing Monday night, we think. But listen to this. Did

you hear this, Greg Smith? That that was the Friday morning that everybody was leaving. It was the last day of classes. That's the last day she's seen. Also, the last day of classes before Princeton broke for fall break, which means, as Jason Oceans was saying earlier, everybody and their recollections and what they saw that morning, it's gone. Everybody left for fall break. They're just getting back on Monday. That's when they realize she's nowhere to be seen. That's another problem, Greg.

Yeah, I mean, that explains a lot about the delay in reporting and that. I mean, people weren't there. They left. Her roommates may have not been there, so they didn't know that she didn't come back. And, you know, just like when my daughter Kelsey was kidnapped, at the very beginning, there is nothing tangible. There's no tactile evidence anywhere to show that something happened, that there was a kidnapping or that there was an accident. It was the same thing with Kelsey.

We didn't know what had happened or where she went. She was just gone. And that presents a problem for the police because while they're interested in recovering a missing person, and in answer to your earlier question, there is no statutory requirement to wait 24 hours. There was nothing for them to act on. It's not against the law to be missing. You know, Dave Mack, a couple of things. We have been told she was last seen in the early morning hours on Friday. Where exactly was she seen? She was seen outside of her dorm. It's called Scully Hall. She was actually seen there. Now, we know that she checked into Scully Hall. She went in to her dorm. Here's what we don't know, Nancy. We know that she checked into Scully Hall. She went in to her dorm.

Here's what we don't know, Nancy. We know that she got into the dorm, but we know that her roommate, okay, the person who actually shares a direct common area with her, arrived into the room about 4.30. She says Ms. Raul was not there at 4.30. Okay, let me understand. She was last seen by other people outside the dorm right did she go in and check in and then come back out we know that she checked in we know that she checked into the dorm i guess they have one of those card slide things that recognizes when you check in yeah we know she went in but no we don't know we just know from

that point that the roommate says she did not see her at 430. It doesn't mean anything really other than that she's saying she didn't see her. She wasn't looking for her either. And also, Dave Mack, I don't know the layout of their rooms, but they may be, you know, like my dorm room, my bed was about three feet, four feet away from my dorm mate. We're right there in the same room, two twin beds. Okay. How do I know their room isn't set up where they have a common study area and two rooms off to each side with doors?

I'm trying to get the floor flat for her room. I have, for the same reason, Nancy. But the other part of this is, as it's been mentioned, fall break kicked off. So you've got most of these college classes. Many were already done with their midterm testing by Thursday night. That's why there were events taking place Thursday night. By Friday morning, somebody not being there. Hey, it just assumed that she left to head home for the week.

Hey, is Scully Hall co-ed? I don't. I apologize. OK, we'll find out in just a minute. And I'll tell you where I'm going with this. If people saw her outside the dorm and she checked into the dorm, we don't know if she was going in and came back out or if she went back in and never came out. And I'm thinking specifically of this one too, Jackie.

Remember Annie Lee? Was it Annie Lee? Brilliant, brilliant researcher. And she went, I think it was at Ivy League School too. She went into the research department and then there was a fire alarm. Everybody came running out and she was never seen again. She was killed in the building and hidden in the wall. That's what I'm saying. How do I know Dave Mack?

Let's pretend that you're right with a key card. She key cards in at 3 a.m. I guess she's been to some party or something. It's the night before everybody goes home for fall break. They don't have to be in school the next day. So she goes in. Did she ever come out? Or, Dave Mack, did she check in, go in and get something, and come back out? You see, that's really important. Do we have any idea? What we know is that her suite mates saw her around 3 a.m. They saw her. They said that she brushed her teeth and then went to her room. That's what we know. We know that they say she went to her room. Then the direct roommate came home around 4.30 but said she did not see her, see Misra in the room, their shared room. Oh, I see.

I see what you mean. Okay, now I'm getting it. It sounds like two girls in one bedroom, two girls in another bedroom, and then a common area because her roommates, that is the report. Right. So there's more than just one roommate. They saw her at 3 a.m. Then another roommate who sleeps, I think, in the room with her. Shared room.

Did not see her after 4 a.m. So she goes in, brushes her teeth like she's about to go to bed, and then she's never seen again. That's adding a whole nother layer of mystery in my mind. Guys with me, Jason Oceans, high profile lawyer out of New York and New Jersey, including this jurisdiction. Dr. Charles Heller, clinical forensic psychologist, chief forensic consultant at Rockland County, that's in New York, Forensic Mental Health Unit, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Greg Smith, special deputy sheriff, Johnson's county sheriff, Glenn Bard, former trooper, Pennsylvania, and Dave Mack, CrimeOnline.com investigative reporter. What more do we know?

Take a listen to our friends at WPVI. Princeton University Police are expanding their search efforts as they look for missing university student, Mizrach Unity. This is one of the areas that they were searching by boat this morning. We are near the Shea Rowing Center where law enforcement have created a staging area and you can see some of the investigators and some of the crews there near the water's edge right now. Earlier we saw investigators walking along the banks of the lake farther down here in this area. Now let's take you to some video. Ms. Roch has been missing since 3 a.m. Friday, according to campus police, and was last seen in the area of Scully Hall on campus, which is about a quarter

mile from here. Interesting, interesting. They're making it sound like she was last seen outside. That's not what the roommates are saying, Dave Mack. They saw her inside at 3 a.m. brushing her teeth. Ms. Hart is 5'4", 130 pounds, beautiful brown eyes, long, shiny, dark hair. She's a light complexion, originally from Northeast Ohio, full scholarship to prestigious Princeton, and it covered her tuition, her fees, room and board, book supplies, and travel expenses for four years. She was interested in majoring in science. Princeton, her first choice. Now, her disappearance comes as students are all taking off for fall break. In the hustle and bustle of everyone leaving the dorm,

no one realizes that this 20-year-old girl is missing until Monday evening. Listen again to our friends at WPVI. The university has said that as the search continues today, increased law enforcement will be on campus, including boats, drones, and helicopters. Chopper 6 was over the scene near Washington Road Bridge and the Shea Rowing Center around nine o'clock this morning. Now the campus has been pretty quiet because they are on a fall break right right now but again this investigation has been ongoing. Now Princeton University has released photos of this student in an effort to spread the word. Ms. Roch is around five foot four around 130 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair. She is 20 years old and she a member of

Princeton University's class of 2024. Now, university officials have not said anything about the case or what led up to her disappearance. Anyone with information on Ms. Raja Unity's whereabouts is asked to call 609-258-1000. Boats, drones, helicopters. Let me ask you this, Dave Mack mack again i really need to clarify this was she last seen in her dorm or was she last seen outside scully hall inside her dorm okay i got some news for you it's co-ed i don't like it okay i'm saying i don't like co-ed dorms which i don't but as far as a crime goes if she's last seen in her dorm and she's never seen again, did she ever leave the dormitory? Or is she in there somewhere?

We've got another clue. Now, take a listen to our friends at CrimeOnline.com. Ms. Ra Aunite was last seen near Scully Hall on the Princeton campus, but her cell phone pinged off campus near a New Jersey housing complex. Aunite's brother says that happened two days after she vanished. The information comes from the fact that the 20-year-old shared her location with a family member, but the phone appears to have now been turned off. The brother says that turning off the phone would be very uncharacteristic for his sister. Police have visited the undisclosed housing complex three times, searching the

outdoor areas, including once with police dogs and speaking to some residents. Okay, that's not good. When was the last time your teen, your child, somebody you know, turned off their cell phone unless they're charging it at night. Did you hear what CrimeOnline.com was just reporting? Again, Dave Mack, everybody's saying she's seen near Scully Hall. You are saying she was seen inside Scully Hall in her room brushing her teeth at Princeton. Her cell phone now pings off campus near a New Jersey housing complex. Her brother said that ping happened two days after she vanished. Right.

Okay. Her brother Jonathan actually checked when they couldn't get up with her and she wasn't responding to text messages, Nancy. That's when her brother checked the Apple location sharing, and he saw that her phone's last ping was at 3.30 a.m., okay, that Sunday morning. And that was where it was near the off-campus housing complex. Wait, did you say it's an off-campus housing complex? Is that what you said?

Yes, exactly. Yes, ma'am. And it's about a 30-minute walk from her dorm. Okay, Jason Oceans, are you familiar with this location at all? I've been to Princeton University a number of times. I'm not familiar with Scully Hall. I'm familiar with the off-campus housing. You are familiar with the off-campus housing. Are you sure, Dave Mack, it was off-campus housing? Or is it a housing project? No. Actually, this is what it says. It says near an off-campus housing complex. Well, you're right then. You're right. That's not, then it can't be this is what it says. It says near an off-campus housing complex. Well, you're right then.

You're right. That's not, then it can't be that far away from campus. What did you say, 20 minutes? 30-minute walk is what they're saying. 30-minute walk or like probably a what, three-minute, four-minute drive? About a mile and a half, Nancy. Yeah. Nancy, this is Greg.

Go ahead, Greg Smith. Jump in, man. Yeah, my understanding is that this is a, I don't believe it's associated with the university. This is just a housing complex where people live. And that police in that area have been out there several times, but obviously they can't go into the houses without a warrant. Well, why don't they get a warrant and go door to door for Pete's sake? That's where a phone pinged. Yeah. And a lot of places are off campus housing that are not affiliated, that are not built by or owned by the university, but they're still referred to as off campus. But what you're saying is important. It was not campus housing. You know,

I want to go to Glenn Bard, a former Pennsylvania State Trooper and now computer crime expert at patctech.com. Glenn Bard, what does all that mean about the cell phone? Break it down for me. Well, a lot of things. First off, it appears that they were using an app, either something like Find My iPhone or Life 360. And those apps are very accurate. But unfortunately, when the device, everybody keeps saying it's being turned off, it could have also lost power. Whoa, man, you're too smart for us. You got to slow it down. Okay, what? Just start at the beginning.

Okay. So this thing they're talking about is what it sounds like being used with an app. Either iPhones, find my iPhone, or if it was a different device, something like Life360. These are apps that allow for family sharing of locations for safety purposes. And they are honestly very accurate and very reliable. The ping that it had, it showed that location early in the morning, showing us the last one, and then no more, it could be because the device is turned off. It could also be because the device simply lost power.

And that's going to be one of the things that law enforcement can do other things to determine, okay, has the device been turned off? Has it lost power? Has it communicated it? Other times, using things like this other other records they can get back from the provider AT&T Verizon or T-Mobile which I'm sure law enforcement has gotten them and is looking at them to see Was there the device moving over there was their communication around that time? Who is she communicating with leading up to that point in time?

Obviously, why should you be doing somebody with? Somebody who lived in that housing project so these are all things that law enforcement will get those records and identify because that can really help with the investigation aspect of it okay i've got so many questions based on what you just said number one can you tell do you get the same type of, for instance, if she had an Android of some type, and the brother has an iPhone, can they track each other? I know with Life360, you can. It doesn't matter if the phones are the same type.

But with an iPhone, I understand how you can do Find My iPhone. Can you find my Android? Is there such a thing? There's not the Find My Android, but there are applications very similar to it, like the one you mentioned being Live360. Yes. Okay. Live360 is a great app. I have it. I had to get it when my children went on a bus to Disney without parents for their band to play, their school band to play at Disney.

You think I'm going to let my children go alone that many miles away without me knowing where they were? Good thing they didn't look out the back of the bus and see me behind them in the minivan. That said, I wanted the Life 360. But, so you're saying, find my iPhone, and I'm just using that generically like we would say Xerox for all copies. Find my iPhone can be done on any kind of phone. Life 360 can be done on any kind of phone. Here's my question to you. Can police tell if the phone powered down, went dead, or if it was cut off? Can they tell that? Not completely. They can't

come back and say, okay, it was turned off here, or it just went out of range. But they can start looking at the area around it and seeing if the device went off. It's in a very isolated place. Maybe it's out of range. Is somewhere in that a no that they cannot tell if it went dead or if it was cut off? They don't know. You can't tell that. No.

Just from the records themselves, no. Again, we can kind of make a guess, but we cannot absolutely guarantee whether it's turned off powered down or put in airplane mode no we cannot sydney show me the kind of phone she has one more time guys this is what we know you just you just show me she has an iphone apple location sharing okay so she does have iphone all right now that we know that what more does that tell me about the capabilities of finding it? They're really, really good. Lucy has lost her phone on multiple vacations and we can immediately find it and someone picks it up and tells us where it is and we go there to get the phone. It's happened a lot. But when they get there and they have, police have been to this student housing complex three times that I know of

and they can what about it uh Greg Smith they can get a warrant and go door to door right well yeah they can get a warrant if they can establish probable cause and from everything that we've talked about we don't have that we don't have anything that points to some crime that was committed. There's nothing there. I mean, at the best, we've got a reasonable suspicion that she's missing, and we believe her to be in danger of harm or death. New Jersey is a Kelsey Smith Act state, so they can get the location of a cell phone under those circumstances.

That may lead them to to be able to you know get probable cause but in this case she was sharing her her location with my understanding with her brother and then all of a sudden it stops and you know like we were talking about earlier that could mean the phone turned off it went out of range that it got damaged it got thrown in water who knows what what do you mean by that greg smith when you say and this is you're doing by the way that it is a kelsey smith state it is it is a state that has the kelsey smith act which is a law that's been passed in 30 states that my wife and i uh have been working on ever since 2009 and what that if you have that law in your state law

enforcement has the ability if they have a missing person a person where they do not know their whereabouts doesn't have to be foul play or anything they just don't know where they are and then they have a reasonable belief that that person is in danger of physical harm or death they can compel the wireless provider to give the location to the phone just the location that's it they can'tel the wireless provider to give the location to the phone. Just the location. That's it. They can't get anything else.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Now I want to bring in special guest Dr. Charles Heller that I introduced earlier. Dr. Heller with Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, clinical forensic psychologist. Dr. Heller, I want you to hear a little bit about who is this girl. Listen. Ms. Ron A. Unite came to Princeton hoping to make friends. Her brother says Unite earned a full scholarship to Princeton and has recently changed majors to sociology. According to the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, a Unite was a 2020 graduate of Cleveland's Villa Angela St. Joseph High School and class valedictorian. And a little bit more. Listen.

From Cleveland's Villa Angela St. Joseph High School in 2020, the Class Valedictorian earned a full-ride scholarship to a college of her choice through a national program. Unite was reported missing on Monday. Princeton has been tweeting about her mysterious disappearance ever since, hoping they can reach anyone, hoping someone knows something that will help find Ms. Ratch. It hurts. It really does. But hopefully she'll be back safe. In a statement, the Cleveland Diocese said in part, quote, we are praying for her swift and safe return.

Okay, Dr. Heller, I wanted you to hear that and see if you agree with me that this is not the kind of young girl that's just going to go off with a boyfriend, which is what cops always say at the beginning. Ah, she's just with her boyfriend. Uh-uh. Not this girl. Nancy, first of all, the report said that she disclosed her location to her brother, to the family. But it doesn't say where she said she was located.

She had a location sharing on her phone, I think is what that meant. So she and her brother knew each other's location at all times by checking their phone. Just like I can look at my phone right now and I know where my twins are. They've shared location. Her track record, never missing class, being very studious, studying overtime in order to be valedictorian of a big high school like that and get a four-year scholarship to any school she wanted to go that she could get into. And she chose Princeton. That tells me a lot about her. She's not hanging out on the corner trying to score a five, a five bag. So drugs is what I'm talking about. That's not who this girl is. That's true. But we don't know the full story about her

life. We know the highlights, but I don't know what her mental health background is, what the history is. I don't know if she has a history of depression. Well, let's find out. Dave Mack, have you heard anything at all to suggest this girl had any type of depression, chronic depression or any type of mental instability? Not at all. And I looked I looked everywhere I could. Guys, what do we know about the day she goes missing? Take a listen to our friends at Crime Online. Universe Aunite, 30 years old,

told the U.S. Sun that his sister ate at Princeton's Terrace Club on Thursday night. On Saturday, Ms. Ra Aunite had an appointment about her application for American citizenship, but she didn't show up. Since her disappearance, large-scale searches have been mounted. A helicopter, drones, and watercraft have been used. The Trenton Fire Department dive team and the Princeton University rowing team has been part of the search of Carnegie Lake. Okay, to Jason Oceans, you and I both have worked with a lot of people that were formerly getting their

citizenship. You know how long it takes to do that, to get that appointment? How hard it is? Arduous process, Nancy. It's difficult, very difficult. And here this girl misses her appointment on Saturday. You know what that tells me? That's a red flag. She went missing between Friday, 3 a.m. on Friday and the time of that appointment. There's nothing would have kept her from being at that appointment, Jason Oceans. Nothing. I agree with you, Nancy. That's that critical space right there. So now our timeline has greatly shrunk. It's tightened. That's a better way to say it. So now we're working in a timeline of 3 a.m. to Saturday morning. We're almost at a 24-hour timeline,

which is a lot better than an 80-hour timeline. What more do we know? Take a listen to our cut six, our friends at Cleveland 19. Again, police have not said very much about Ms. Retch Unite's disappearance, other than to say she was last seen around 3 a.m. and that was on campus. Worth noting, Friday was the last day of classes before the fall recess. Students are on break this week. They'll be back in the classroom next Monday. And more from Kay from WKYC. I know she's usually in touch with her family. They're very worried about her. Sarah Ellicott was her teacher at Minds Matter Cleveland. I've been in touch with

mainly her dad and her eldest brother. Ellicd says the undergrad student is smart, bright, and would never just wander off. 3 News spoke to her mother over the phone. No, we can't find her phone. We can't. We don't know. It's just switched off since Sunday. It was working before that.

She graduated from Villa Angela St. Joseph High School at the top of her class, and she participated in Minds Matter Cleveland that helps low-income kids reach their highest potential. Ms. Rock and her family have been living the American dream. Through hard, hard work, she finally is making it. She's at Princeton. She has her appointment for her citizenship after all these years, and she making it. She's at Princeton. She has her appointment for her citizenship after all these years, and she misses it. And it's come to this. Take a listen to our friends at WABI. At first sight, it might look to be a normal fall day on Carnegie Lake, as Princeton University's

crew team was taking part in their daily workout. However, they weren't the only ones out here on the water. They were joined by police and fire search boats. We watched two boats take off in the parking lot for the boathouse, which turned into a police and fire staging area. The university has confirmed police are using boats and drones and helicopters to search for 20-year-old Ayewan Ute. She was last seen on campus Friday night at 3 in the morning. She was right outside of Scully Hall, the dormitory where she lives.

So a water search is going on right now. Dr. Charles Heller, weigh in. This whole thing worries me, obviously. As a father, a grandfather, a forensic psychologist, an expert in murder. It looks grim. It looks very grim. I agree with you. Nancy, if I could jump in for a moment. This is John Lemley in the Crime Online newsroom. We have some devastating news to pass along. Princeton student Ms. Rajunite has been found dead. This update comes nearly one

week after she went missing. The 20-year-old's body was found Thursday. According to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, the body was found outside on the facility's grounds behind the tennis courts. The discovery was made by a facility's employee. Prosecutors say there were no signs of injury. Prosecutors also state that an autopsy will be conducted. If you know or think you know anything, please dial 609-258-1000. Repeat, 609-258-1000. Nancy Grace, Crime Story, signing off you're listening to an iheart podcast