By Vanessa Langdon
Staff Writer
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Missing Saint Rose student Connor Trapatsos, 17, has still not returned two weeks after leaving his dorm room in Brubacher Hall at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.
The student, originally from Fairport, N.Y., was last seen at about 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 in the Selkirk area, said Aran Mull, deputy chief of the University at Albany Police Department.
The police are hopeful that Trapatsos is safe but want him to contact his family. “He had money, appears to be in good health and appears to be moving with some purpose, but we don’t know what that is,” said Mull, according to media reports.
Trapatsos’s family – LuAnn and Chris- released a video last week asking their son to contact them and pleading for him to come home.
His mother declined to speak with The Chronicle about her son but said in a Facebook message, “I wish to keep Connor’s life private as I know that’s how he wants it.”
The police do speak with the Trapatsos family daily, according to Mull.
The investigation will continue until the authorities can make contact with Trapatsos, Mull said.
A New York State Missing College Student Notification was released throughout the state notifying police and hospitals about Trapatsos. Email and roadside messaging has also been used to notify the public in tandem with printed notices to businesses and residents near the Saint Rose campus.
Trapatsos was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, black hooded sweatshirt with the words “Pilot 21” on the back, blue athletic shorts, blue Nike sneakers, and carrying a dark backpack.
Anyone with information about the missing student is asked to contact University police at 442-3131 or Saint Rose Security at 454-5187.
