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Search for missing US hiker to continue in Nepal

The family of Aubrey Sacco, who disappeared from Rasuwa in Nepal last year, said that it will not abandon the search for the missing girl.

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Aubrey’s father Paul Sacco, an attorney and municipal court judge in Fort Lupton, accused the government of Nepal of sweeping all the efforts under the rug, not doing enough to help families to find their missing daughter in Nepal. “We haven’t given up hope of finding our daughter, we will find her,” he said, “I had a dream last week. Aubrey was in a room sitting at a table and I stumbled upon her. She said to me "Daddy I'm not lost, I'm right here".

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“The one year mark was like a punch in the chest, but we recovered and are moving forward with conviction. Although there is a lot of frustration, there is just no feeling of dread at our house and there has been no credible bad news. The journey to find Aubrey, however, is long and arduous. It takes time to connect to the right people (sometimes months) and a lot of time to follow clues and interview people.”

More: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...g+US+hiker+to+continue+in+Nepal&NewsID=288862
 
Greeley parents return from Nepal with hope for missing daughter

Connie Sacco sprinkled glitter from Aubrey’s room on the mud and rocks and trees in Nepal. It was silly, she admitted to herself, but as she braved mud slides and a monsoon and walked the Langtang National Park, she wished against the reality that her daughter was missing for more than a year.

“I was just thinking to myself, ‘Here’s the path home Aubrey,’ ” she said. “Find us.”

But when Paul and Connie Sacco of Greeley talk about their recent trip to Nepal — they returned late Tuesday after a 50-hour trip — they speak of hope and a continued resolve to find their daughter, who disappeared while trekking in that national park a year-and-a-half ago.

More: http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20110818/NEWS/708189989/1002&parentprofile=1001
 
Sacco hopeful as search for sister continues

In the days before the San Diego State men’s soccer team started readying for the season with drills and corner kicks, midfielder Morgan Sacco was 8,000 miles away in Nepal, hiking through terrain marked by landslides, leeches and snakes.

He was searching for his sister Aubrey, a 2009 University of Colorado graduate, world traveler and yoga instructor who disappeared in April 2010, while trekking alone in the Himalayas.

The family still has no answers, despite an earlier trip by Sacco’s father and older brother to search for her, as well as the involvement of the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, the FBI and the Nepali army and police.

More: http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2011/09/20/sacco-hopeful-as-search-for-sister-continues/
 
I wonder why there doesn't seem to be much interest in this case on the part of the US Government? While I guess it's possible (and maybe even likely) that she is no longer with us, there is no evidence that that is the case, and the parents seem to believe that she is still alive. The family's last update from August simply detailed their wretched journey over there as they search for her. There seemed to be so much in the news about the 2 young men recently released from Iran-I wish there was more attention to this girl's disappearance.
 
Searching for the 'Glitter Girl'

Aubrey Sacco, an accomplished athlete, scholar, musician and artist, is the brightest star in her family's universe.

"Aubrey lights up a room when she enters it," said her younger brother, Morgan Sacco. "She's an effervescent person, full of life, and she totally loves glitter -- it reflects her personality."

But a year and a half ago, the "Glitter Girl," as her family and friends call her, mysteriously disappeared.

More: http://espn.go.com/espnw/college-sports/7054229/searching-glitter-girl-aubrey-sacco


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Courtesy of the Sacco family
Aubrey taught yoga, studied meditation and volunteered to teach children before disappearing in Nepal.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
Searching for the 'Glitter Girl'

Aubrey Sacco, an accomplished athlete, scholar, musician and artist, is the brightest star in her family's universe.

"Aubrey lights up a room when she enters it," said her younger brother, Morgan Sacco. "She's an effervescent person, full of life, and she totally loves glitter -- it reflects her personality."

But a year and a half ago, the "Glitter Girl," as her family and friends call her, mysteriously disappeared.

More: http://espn.go.com/espnw/college-sports/7054229/searching-glitter-girl-aubrey-sacco


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Courtesy of the Sacco family
Aubrey taught yoga, studied meditation and volunteered to teach children before disappearing in Nepal.
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From the same link:
There aren't many clues. A picture of an unidentified man in Aubrey's camera, taken shortly before her disappearance, could provide some answers -- if her family ever discovers who he is.

And there's a woman, Danielle Fouche, a French citizen in her early 60s, who trekked the Langtang trail in Nepal at the same time as Aubrey.

"It's very possible [Fouche] saw Aubrey on the trail," Connie Sacco said. "We contacted the French government to ask if they could locate her for us but got no cooperation. It's been one of many frustrations in our search."
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Where did they find the camera, at the hotel or somewhere on the trail?

Maybe the Frenchwoman is missing also.
 
Photo from CU-Boulder grad Aubrey Sacco's laptop shows 'person of interest'

A photograph of a man who may have more information on the whereabouts of a missing University of Colorado graduate is making rounds on the Internet.

The photo, taken at a café in Darjeeling, India, shows a white man wearing a powder-blue collared shirt sitting at a table with a Pepsi bottle in front of him.

Paul Sacco said he found the image on his daughter Aubrey's laptop in May 2010, a few weeks after she vanished in Nepal.

"I want to emphasize that this guy is not a suspect. We just know that she took the photo of him, so why wouldn't he surface? Why wouldn't he say something?" he said. "He's a person of interest just because we don't know who he is."

More: http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_19436188?source=most_viewed



Person of interest in Aubrey Sacco's disappearance (Courtesy photo)
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
Photo from CU-Boulder grad Aubrey Sacco's laptop shows 'person of interest'
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Thank you for posting. My guess about the photo had been that it showed some horrible creature chasing AS with a knife. This photo seems more innocuous. The man in the photo may not know that AS is missing. Say he lives in some Indian city, and doesn't follow the news too much.
 
Walker - Varanasi, Mussoori, Darjeeling, Dehra Dun, Rishikesh -- and then, south (Goa) and WAY south (Pondicherry): these are the places I can see a white guy without much money and regular internet access settling in and making a life in India.

ANY hill town in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, and UP... even the remote areas of Bihar (where Buddhist wannabes like to hang out)... if we can distribute this guy's photo and get the folks in the post offices and internet cafes there to post it, we would be in good stead.

I am out of India right now but I can certainly copy and paste the photo in emails to friends who travel the hippie/yoga/druggie/mountaineering/spiritual paths (and please keep in mind, they are all QUITE different paths in India -- mountaineers don't hang out with yoginis don't hang out with druggies don't hang out with hippies etc. but they all seem to converge at the random restaurants where ginger-lemon-honey hot drinks are served!).

TBH I've never been to Nepal and I imagine any number of bad ends could come to somebody hiking mountain trails. But to find this guy would be a little peace of mind for the Saccos so let's make it happen!
 
Lindsaym said:
Walker - Varanasi, Mussoori, Darjeeling, Dehra Dun, Rishikesh -- and then, south (Goa) and WAY south (Pondicherry): these are the places I can see a white guy without much money and regular internet access settling in and making a life in India.

ANY hill town in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, and UP... even the remote areas of Bihar (where Buddhist wannabes like to hang out)... if we can distribute this guy's photo and get the folks in the post offices and internet cafes there to post it, we would be in good stead.

I am out of India right now but I can certainly copy and paste the photo in emails to friends who travel the hippie/yoga/druggie/mountaineering/spiritual paths (and please keep in mind, they are all QUITE different paths in India -- mountaineers don't hang out with yoginis don't hang out with druggies don't hang out with hippies etc. but they all seem to converge at the random restaurants where ginger-lemon-honey hot drinks are served!).

TBH I've never been to Nepal and I imagine any number of bad ends could come to somebody hiking mountain trails. But to find this guy would be a little peace of mind for the Saccos so let's make it happen!
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Somehow the guy doesn't strike me as an American.

Americans generally, esp. the backpacker type, tend to be proud of their athletic build, but this guy has his shoulders all hunched up, and arms folded across the table. His body language is not like what we would usually expect from a hiker meeting a girl compatriot in a remote foreign locale. Plus, Americans prefer name-brands in clothing.

The smile is tight, and strained: forced politeness? And, his eyes are terribly squinted up, though he not looking directly in the sunlight.

He looks as if he were highly offended by something AS had said. Or as if he were warning her about something or even threatening her. On the other hand, he might just be a reclusive individual, but the face shows no friendliness at all.

Since some Nepali ethnic groups have Indo-European roots, could a native Nepali possibly have blond hair & blue eyes?

Or is this man more likely a Russian or a Pole?
 
Walker said:
Somehow the guy doesn't strike me as an American.

Americans generally, esp. the backpacker type, tend to be proud of their athletic build, but this guy has his shoulders all hunched up, and arms folded across the table. His body language is not like what we would usually expect from a hiker meeting a girl compatriot in a remote foreign locale. Plus, Americans prefer name-brands in clothing.

The smile is tight, and strained: forced politeness? And, his eyes are terribly squinted up, though he not looking directly in the sunlight.

He looks as if he were highly offended by something AS had said. Or as if he were warning her about something or even threatening her. On the other hand, he might just be a reclusive individual, but the face shows no friendliness at all.

Since some Nepali ethnic groups have Indo-European roots, could a native Nepali possibly have blond hair & blue eyes?

Or is this man more likely a Russian or a Pole?
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Examining a magnified image of the photo, the man's facial expression seems less rejecting, and more expressive of sadness combined with curiousity. And, he is quite a bit older than AS. When you look very closely, he could be like 50.

And, rethinking, he could possibly be an American. Maybe he was someone who had knowledge of backpacking, and perhaps she was asking him how to plan for something not quite realistic.
 
Through googling, I found some photos/albums/journals of other folks who were in Nepal and even Langtang at the same time as Aubrey. I've looked at the photos until I'm cross-eyed, hoping to see any trace of her in them, but no luck yet. Perhaps some more sets of eyes would help:

April 2010: Many photos but mostly of the family/group posting, not many others (these are actually acquaintances of ours - fellow cruisers, who were trekking the same area at the same time that Aubrey went missing - this is where I got the idea to search for add'l albums; I've already contacted them about Aubrey, back when she went missing; she didn't look familiar to them at all)
http://svocelot.com/Landfalls/Newsletters/Nepal/1Langtang.htm

Apr 4 - Apr 28, 2010: Beautiful photos but more artistic in nature - not many tourists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasmarkou/sets/72157623992767692/

Apr 16 - Apr 22, 2010: A few more tourists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oeyvind/sets/72157623935637740/

Apr 2010: Another trip through Nepal and Lantang
http://maximumadventure.net/2011/07...pril-2010-part-1-kathmandu-to-kyanjing-gompa/

Mar/Apr 2010: Nepal trip
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clovely/sets/72157623901555218/with/4539638481/
 
Walker said:
Examining a magnified image of the photo, the man's facial expression seems less rejecting, and more expressive of sadness combined with curiousity. And, he is quite a bit older than AS. When you look very closely, he could be like 50.

And, rethinking, he could possibly be an American. Maybe he was someone who had knowledge of backpacking, and perhaps she was asking him how to plan for something not quite realistic.
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He looks just like my brother in law, and he is 36! He started getting gray years ago. BY the way he dresses he seems european to me. Maybe german or swedish. But you can find a lot of "cool" americans that dress in that type of shirt nowadays. So who knows? But I am pretty sure he could be in his thirties.
 
belimom said:
Through googling, I found some photos/albums/journals of other folks who were in Nepal and even Langtang at the same time as Aubrey. I've looked at the photos until I'm cross-eyed, hoping to see any trace of her in them, but no luck yet. Perhaps some more sets of eyes would help:

April 2010: Many photos but mostly of the family/group posting, not many others (these are actually acquaintances of ours - fellow cruisers, who were trekking the same area at the same time that Aubrey went missing - this is where I got the idea to search for add'l albums; I've already contacted them about Aubrey, back when she went missing; she didn't look familiar to them at all)
http://svocelot.com/Landfalls/Newsletters/Nepal/1Langtang.htm

Apr 4 - Apr 28, 2010: Beautiful photos but more artistic in nature - not many tourists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasmarkou/sets/72157623992767692/

Apr 16 - Apr 22, 2010: A few more tourists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oeyvind/sets/72157623935637740/

Apr 2010: Another trip through Nepal and Lantang
http://maximumadventure.net/2011/07...pril-2010-part-1-kathmandu-to-kyanjing-gompa/

Mar/Apr 2010: Nepal trip
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clovely/sets/72157623901555218/with/4539638481/
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LOL I was doing the same last night, but I was looking for the guy.
 
I agree that he doesn't have an American or Canadian "look." My guess is European, South African, or maybe even Australian.

As far as his clothing goes, there could be a variety of reasons for why he's wearing that type of clothing. The most likely is that he's been in Asia for a while and has been purchasing very affordable, locally made clothing. He could be from a wealthy family and doesn't have the insecurities that make some people have a psychological need to wear name brand logos. Most wealthy people I know certainly do not look or dress the part. Perhaps he feels like name brand logos would bring all of the gold digging women, hustling pimps, persistent beggars, pickpockets, pushy salespeople or some other characters that can be persistently annoying in poorer countries. And he may want to wear clothing that doesn't identify his nationality so he won't get hassled by people over political issues.

My guess about his body language and facial expression is that he's a shy person and doesn't enjoy being photographed. He looks shy, but polite.
 
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