# Missing College Student Audrey Seiler Found ALIVE **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599 "2004-03-31T20:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/1 "2004-03-31T20:08:41Z")
[Breaking news…](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,115770,00.html) > [@](#): > > Seiler, a student at the University of Wisconsin (search), vanished from her off-campus apartment Saturday without a coat or purse. A surveillance tape shows her leaving her building and her door was left open, police said. > > Police searched for her abductor but no arrests had been made. Video news coverage showed police with guns and rifles searching through a parking lot, checking in cars and opening doors to structures. Wow. I’m sure her family is overwhelmed with relief right now. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/2 "2004-03-31T20:29:25Z")
How cool was it to link to a breaking news story about a kidnapping, and post it outside of the Pit? Great news indeed. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/3 "2004-03-31T21:53:17Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > How cool was it to link to a breaking news story about a kidnapping, and post it outside of the Pit? > > Great news indeed. Very cool. Did anyone catch the news conference? The whole case was too weird for words. If I recall correctly, the morning (approx 2:30 a.m.) of her disappearance, she left her house with no coat, no purse, no keys, nothing. We know this because her apartment’s lobby video camera recorded her before she left. Last month, she was hit over the head and woke up behind some buildings, a couple of blocks from where she was attacked. There were no witnesses to this attack and no suspects, either. My husband’s theory is something’s wrong with her mentally and she sort of ‘loses’ herself from time to time. I’m not so sure as the news report stated law enforcement officials were searching for a gunman. Either way, I’m intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/4 "2004-03-31T22:33:39Z")
Police are searching the area as we speak for a suspected kidnapper ([link](http://www.channel3000.com/news/2964467/detail.html) ) That’s right on my drive home. Better find an alternate route, I guess. I’m leaning to the “ex-boyfriend, crazed stalker” angle myself. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/5 "2004-04-01T12:19:09Z")
Yay! ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/6 "2004-04-01T12:36:26Z")
**Juanita** , I, too, believe something is wrong with her mentally. To have been assaulted/abducted twice in recent times without any harm coming to her…something is up. ---
**Author:** ![MICHAEL2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@MICHAEL2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MICHAEL2004)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/7 "2004-04-01T12:54:41Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Yay! It doesn’t have to be that way. I am a staunch advocate of immortality. We ALL deserve to live forever! 😃 MICHAEL ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/8 "2004-04-01T13:45:12Z")
Put me also in the “Glad She’s Home Safe, But Skeptical That It Was A Kidnapping” category. They never found the person who supposedly kidnapped her in February, did they? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/9 "2004-04-01T13:57:40Z")
Oh, wait! Isn’t this the girl that went missing before? I did not know that they had found her the first time. And then she goes missing again? I’m with Shodan on this one. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/10 "2004-04-01T14:45:48Z")
After watching the news report about her disappearance this morning, I’m with my husband on this one. Something’s up and I’m not so sure there ever was a kidnapper. How can someone lure you from your apartment and kidnap you? It would make sense if it was someone she knew but a stranger? Wouldn’t the person have to contact her via telephone? I wonder what the police found with regards to her incoming/outgoing telephone calls. I’m glad she’s home, though, as her parents looked absolutely distraught during their interview on NBC’s _Today Show_. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/11 "2004-04-01T14:55:21Z")
I think the non-commital police responses and elusive press breifings tell the story. I don’t think the police are focusing on looking for a bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/12 "2004-04-01T14:57:43Z")
> [@JuanitaTech](#): > > Very cool. > > Did anyone catch the news conference? > > The whole case was too weird for words. If I recall correctly, the morning (approx 2:30 a.m.) of her disappearance, she left her house with no coat, no purse, no keys, nothing. We know this because her apartment’s lobby video camera recorded her before she left. > > Last month, she was hit over the head and woke up behind some buildings, a couple of blocks from where she was attacked. There were no witnesses to this attack and no suspects, either. > > My husband’s theory is something’s wrong with her mentally and she sort of ‘loses’ herself from time to time. I’m not so sure as the news report stated law enforcement officials were searching for a gunman. > > Either way, I’m intrigued. I’m glad someone else voiced this - I didn’t want to come across as callous. I also believe it’s possible she has mental issues - things just don’t add up in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/13 "2004-04-01T15:18:28Z")
Great, she’s alive, but did she need to snarl rush hour traffic yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/14 "2004-04-01T15:46:42Z")
Add my husband and I in the “there’s something very fishy going on” camp. One thing we noticed RIGHT off was when her parents were at the news conference, they didn’t smile, they didn’t even touch each other - I know my husband and I would have been crying, holding hands, showing SOME kind of emotion if our child had been found a live after disappearing like that. Strange. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. ---
**Author:** ![UWmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UWmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UWmite)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/15 "2004-04-01T21:34:37Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > …her parents were at the news conference, they didn’t smile, they didn’t even touch each other - I know my husband and I would have been crying, holding hands, showing SOME kind of emotion if our child had been found a live after disappearing like that… Well, they are midwesterners. Sorry. It was just such a Prairie Home Companion-esque moment. But seriously folks, as a UW grad (and I’ll be headed back for a visit tomorrow), I’m certainly glad she’s back. ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/16 "2004-04-02T04:26:59Z")
> [@Chicago Faucet](#): > > Oh, wait! Isn’t this the girl that went missing before? I did not know that they had found her the first time. And then she goes missing again? I’m with Shodan on this one. Oh, how goesch. I’m quoting myself. I just realized that I got this case confused with the other missing college girl case that was in the news. The one that’s been missing since Thanksgiving. I think she was going to college somewhere in New Mexico. Her name was similar to Audrey Seiler. Can anyone confirm or deny this other missing college girl case that I’m talking about? Maybe I’m the one with the mental problems. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/17 "2004-04-02T07:50:42Z")
> [@Chicago Faucet](#): > > Oh, how goesch. I’m quoting myself. > > I just realized that I got this case confused with the other missing college girl case that was in the news. The one that’s been missing since Thanksgiving. I think she was going to college somewhere in New Mexico. Her name was similar to Audrey Seiler. Can anyone confirm or deny this other missing college girl case that I’m talking about? > > Maybe I’m the one with the mental problems. [Dru Sjodin?](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/05/national/main604390.shtml) I’m in the “something is wrong” camp, too. Hearing about the first incident just set off alarm bells. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-college-student-audrey-seiler-found-alive/237599/18 "2004-04-02T19:27:54Z")
MSNBC is reporting the girl has confessed to the police it was a hoax. The police say they have video of her buying the duct tape and rope she claimed she was bound with.