A missing New Hampshire university student and Massachusetts native was found dead on Sunday, nearly 24 hours after he was last seen, according to officials. The Durham Police Department reported that the body of 22-year-old Vincenzo “Vinny” Lirosi was located in a marshy area of Coe Drive by the Whitman, New England Search and Rescue K-9 team at approximately 1:20 p.m. Durham Police said Lirosi had been drinking with friends before going missing on Saturday. He was last seen between about 1 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and was reported missing at 3 a.m. on Saturday. The Lirosi are believed to have taken a path through a wooded area near Woodman Road as a shortcut to their habitat. While this is not the outcome we all hoped for, we are grateful that we were able to find Vincenzo and bring his family to something closer,” Durham Police Chief René Kelly said in a statement. Lirosi’s friend and former roommate Jordan Blanchard told WCVB’s sister station WMUR that he was with Lirosi for part of the night. Blanchard said when Lirosi left the bar for a fraternity party, where he reportedly got into a fight. , so they parted. “It’s his first fight ever.” After the fight broke out, Blanchard said, “They kicked him out and told him to go home. Then he went into the woods.” Partygoers told Blanchard that Lirosi was last seen going down a wooden path that students often use as a shortcut around campus.” “We started thinking about how he would think, and we started walking through the woods on different paths,” Blanchard said. “We walked all the way to Jackson’s Landing to see if he was there, and we didn’t find anything.” Durham Police responded by using K-9s and thermal drones to search the wooded area. State police and Fish and Game were called later on Saturday morning, using a helicopter to search for Lirosi. Lirosi’s wallet was found in a parking lot and his cellphone was found in the fraternity house. The New Hampshire medical examiner will conduct and determine an autopsy. A cause and manner of death. In addition to New England K-9 Search and Rescue, the following agencies assisted the Durham Police Department in the search for Lerosie: New Hampshire State Police, New Hampshire Fish and Game, University of New Hampshire Police Department, Strafford County Sheriff’s Department and the State of New Hampshire. Law Enforcement Department of Liquor Enforcement.
A missing student at the University of New Hampshire and a Massachusetts native was found dead on Sunday, nearly 24 hours after she was last seen, according to officials.
The Durham Police Department said the body of 22-year-old Vincenzo “Vinny” Lirosi of Whitman was found by a New England Search and Rescue K-9 team in a marshy area of Coe Drive at around 1:20 p.m. ,
Durham Police said Lirosi had been drinking with friends before going missing on Saturday. She was last seen between about 1 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and her disappearance was reported at 3 a.m. on Saturday.
The Lirosi are believed to have taken a path through a wooded area near Woodman Road as a shortcut to their habitat.
Durham Police Chief René Kelly said in a statement: “While this is not the outcome we all hoped for, we are grateful that we were able to find Vincenzo and bring his family to something closer.”
Lirosi’s friend and former roommate Jordan Blanchard told WCVB’s sister station WMUR that he was with Lirosi for part of the night. They split when Lirosi leaves the bar for a fraternity party, where he reportedly gets into a fight.
“It’s very uncharacteristic of him,” Blanchard said. “It’s their first fight so far.”
Blanchard said that after the fight broke out, “they kicked him out and told him to go home. That’s when he went into the woods.”
The party-goers told Blanchard that Lirosi was last seen walking down a wooden walkway that students often use as a shortcut around campus.
“We started thinking about how he would think, and we started walking through the woods on different paths,” Blanchard said. “We walked all the way to Jackson’s Landing to see if he was there, and we didn’t find anything.”
Durham Police responded, using K-9s and thermal drones to search the wooded area. State police and Fish and Game were called later on Saturday morning, using a helicopter to search for Lirosi.
Lirosi’s wallet was found in a parking lot and his cellphone was found in the fraternity house.
The New Hampshire medical examiner will perform an autopsy and determine the cause and manner of death.
In addition to New England K-9 Search and Rescue, the following agencies assisted the Durham Police Department in the search for Lerosie: New Hampshire State Police, New Hampshire Fish and Game, University of New Hampshire Police Department, Strafford County Sheriff’s Department and New Hampshire State Law Enforcement Division of Liquor Enforcement.
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