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Princeton University and its Department of Public Safety are intensifying efforts to locate LAUREN BLACKBURN, a 23-year-old student who went missing on April 19. BLACKBURN was last seen near the Firestone Library on campus around 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 19.
LAUREN BLACKBURN, a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian, the university’s student newspaper, is described as a standout scholar. In 2019, he was selected as one of 2,500 students nationwide for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship before enrolling at Princeton.
In a statement to the university community, Vice President for Student Life W. ROCHELLE CALHOUN urged students to keep BLACKBURN in their thoughts. “We will share updates as we learn more, but in the meantime, please hold Lauren in your thoughts as we work to locate him,” she wrote in an email obtained by The Daily Princetonian.
Authorities have reportedly focused their search near Lake Carnegie after detecting a missing person’s phone pinging in the area, according to WPVI.
LAUREN BLACKBURN is described as 6-foot-2, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans with tears in the knees, a yellow T-shirt, and a black, zippered hooded sweatshirt.
KATE ROBINSON, an English teacher at Corydon Central High School, where BLACKBURN attended, praised his exceptional academic abilities. “He can read a book and know everything in it. I’m pretty sure he has a photographic memory,” she told WAVE in a previous interview.
Princeton University’s Department of Public Safety is urging anyone with information about LAUREN BLACKBURN’s whereabouts to contact them immediately at (609) 258-1000.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Princeton University for updates on the ongoing search.
**Sources:**
[The Daily Princetonian](https://www.dailyprincetonian.com)
[WAVE](https://www.wave3.com)
[WPVI](https://www.6abc.com)
