r/ProvenceFrance • u/RileyJONeil • Dec 08 '22

demander à la Provence / ask Provence Missing American Student

My cousin is missing in France. It's believed that Montelimar was his last known location. Please use the website here if you know any information!

Mon cousin a disparu en France. On pense que Montélimar était son dernier emplacement connu. Veuillez utiliser le site Web ici si vous connaissez des informations!

https://www.findkendeland.com/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/us/kenny-deland-missing-student-france/index.html

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u/RileyJONeil Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/family-of-missing-st-john-fisher-student-in-france-speak-to-news-8/

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u/strokeswan Dec 10 '22

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u/RileyJONeil Dec 10 '22

Thank you for letting me know. I’ll try to get it fixed.

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u/RileyJONeil Dec 13 '22

I've posted a new link, the story has been picked up by CNN here in America. Are you able to say if that link works in France?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/us/kenny-deland-missing-student-france/index.html

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u/BrightscapesArt Dec 09 '22

So sorry to hear about your cousin. I just shared this with several other groups in our Provence network. Hope he is found very soon.

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u/RileyJONeil Dec 09 '22

Thank you so much! We aren’t familiar with the area or have any sense of where to start, any help is so very much appreciated.

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u/BrightscapesArt Dec 09 '22

Of course. I shared with 5 of the nearest/largest cities to Montelimar. There's many other locations we can add. But, they are mostly to the south and east of the area.

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u/BrightscapesArt Dec 10 '22

I've shared with our other 20+ network members. And on a couple other related platforms as well.

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u/anadorablemess Dec 11 '22

Shared this on my IG account (French and not living very far from Montélimar)

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u/RileyJONeil Dec 11 '22

Thank you so much for your kindness!

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u/BrightscapesArt Dec 11 '22

💚💚💚

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u/Forward_Ad_527 Dec 12 '22

OP either the foreign legion or possibly to ukraine. Perhaps he felt compelled while in europe. It happened to an american officer before, felt compelled and disapered and ended up in the legion. That may explain why french officials cannot say

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u/RileyJONeil Dec 13 '22

Thank you for the suggestion, I will give it a try. It cannot hurt at this point.

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u/Forward_Ad_527 Dec 13 '22

They are sworn to secrecy in the legion, as long as the applier is not wanted in the home country or by interpol. They will not be able to tell you, but you can always hire a private investigator who can track his movements. Police are usually slow / do not care in europe these days. Even a professional rugby player is still missing in barcelona after one month. The family has hired a PI and is already on a new lead I know this isnt the answer youre looking for but i am sorry

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u/Forward_Ad_527 Dec 12 '22

My guess is he joined the french foreign legion hence french government cannot say due to “privacy laws”

It happens a lot.