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Tanner Hoang: Police appeal to public for help finding missing Texas A&M student

Tanner Hoang disappeared after it emerged he would not be graduating from Texas A&M

Graeme Massie
Los Angeles
Monday 19 December 2022 14:46 EST
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Police appeal for public’s help in finding missing Texas student Tanner Hoang
Police appeal for public’s help in finding missing Texas student Tanner Hoang (Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley)

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Texas police have appealed for help in finding a student who went missing from a university in the state last week.

Authorities say that Texas A&M student Tanner Hoang, 22, was last seen at around 11am on Friday, 16 December in College Station.

His family, who are from Flower Mound, Texas, say that they had gone to the university to watch him graduate, but after he disappeared they discovered that he had not achieved the requirements to receive his degree, according to KBTX.

University officials later confirmed that Mr Hoang was not part of the graduation ceremonies.

His father says that his son read a text message he was sent at around 8.30am before his phone was turned off and his debit card was used at a gas station in Caldwell, Texas, at around 12pm.

As of Monday morning, the Department of Public Safety says that video showed him leaving the gas station in Caldwell and heading west on Highway 21, states a Facebook page set up to find him.

The Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley said that the missing student may be driving a silver 2009 Lexus with the Texas license plate BS2C737.

He is described as 6 feet tall and weighs about 175 pounds.

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