A foreign exchange student in Utah is believed to have been abducted and is being held somewhere “against his will,” authorities say.
The Utah Department of Public Safety and the Riverdale Police Department both sounded the alarm on Friday over 17-year-old Kai Zhuang, who was reportedly last seen in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
“Officers have reason to believe he has been forcefully taken from his home and is being held against his well,” DPS said in a statement, without elaborating on why Zhuang is thought to have been abducted.
Police say the case is “complex” and have offered no further details about Zhuang, including what country he is from or if there are any suspects in his disappearance.
They said it was not known what he was last wearing, but “he has been known to wear a green jacket.”
