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Updated: 8:00 PM Apr 12, 2010
TPD Reports Vincent Binder As A Missing Person-Update
The Tallahassee Police Department is searching for 29 year old Vincent Binder.
Posted: 5:56 PM Apr 9, 2010
Reporter: Heather Biance
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Updated 4-12-10 at 7:21 p.m. by Heather Biance
A dozen or so Tallahassee Police officers scoured the neighborhood surrounding Palmer Munroe Community Center Monday afternoon, talking with neighbors, hoping to unearth any clues that might be a missing piece in the disappearance of Vincent Binder.
The 29-year-old's friends tell me it would be completely out of character for him to just pack up and go, but beyond just that, he doesn't have a car and his bike was found inside his apartment.
Eleven days ago, Vincent Binder left his friend's apartment at the Lakes and started walking home down Airport Drive.
Since then, it seems the 29-year-old Graduate student of Communication at FSU has vanished into thin air.
"Then I started talking to all the professors asking have you seen him, has he shown up for classes. Once that didn't happen, something was wrong," says Vince's friend, Beth Frady.
Friends and colleagues spent the weekend wading in water, scouring the area he was last seen, looking for any sign of Vince.
"It's horrendous. It's a heavy burden to carry around," says Frady.
His friends handed out more than 60 ribbons Monday to those who know Vince from school, keeping him at the forefront of all of their minds.
"He cared for everybody around him and this is sort of our return of that all coming together to care for him as much as he cared for the people that he interacted with everyday," says Vince's friend, Nicole Cox.
Flyers have been put up all across the capital city. The hope is that as people walk up to pay their bills, they'll see the flyers, hopefully jogging their memories and giving crucial clues to Police.
So far, the Tallahassee Police Department's investigation has turned up dry, but a tip has landed two investigators in Miami, Florida since Friday.
Police won't say, what they're doing there and what they're hoping to find.
Investigators won't say if foul play is suspected at this time, but they also haven't ruled it out.
Friends are holding a prayer vigil on FSU's campus Tuesday, April 12th at 8 p.m. at Langford Green on Florida State's Campus.
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Updated 3:15p.m 4-12
The following is a Press Release from TPD:
On Thursday, April 8, 2010, the Tallahassee Police Department received a report that 29 year-old Vincent Binder was missing.
Binder is a graduate student at Florida State University and has a small, but close group of friends.
The reporting person indicted that Binder had not been seen since approximately 12:30AM on Friday, April 2nd.
Officers responded to Binder’s apartment in the 900 Block of Lipona Drive in an effort to locate him, without success.
The following morning investigators continued their attempt to locate Binder, again without success.
Binder’s friends explained to investigators that he is very dependable and would not have been gone for this length of time without contact.
Based on information received from Binder’s friends and family, investigators have reviewed Binder’s financial information and his phone records in an effort to locate him.
The information obtained based on the records search cannot be disclosed at this time, but indicates a series of suspicious activities.
The Tallahassee Police Department is working closely with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida State University Police Department.
As of late Friday, April 9, 2010, investigators from the Tallahassee Police Department were in the Miami, FL area, following potential leads in the case.
Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Vincent Binder is asked to contact the Tallahassee Police Department at (850) 891-4200 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS (8477).
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Updated 1:30p.m 4-12
TPD has confirmed that investigators in Miami-Dade County have been following up on a tip in the case since Friday.
Officers are planning to canvas Tallahassee neighborhoods Monday afternoon. They’re hoping to talk with residents to see if they can learn more about his whereabouts or if anyone saw him walking home the night of April 2nd.
We will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available.
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Updated 9a.m 4-12
Tallahassee Police say there are no new details at this time.
We will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available.
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