Missing WCSU Student Found Alive in New York

Danbury Police detectives, with the help of Amtrak police found missing Danbury University student Ahtzaz Z. Ahmed disorientated on a train, and have him in a hospital in Troy, NY.

Danbury Police contacted all transportation police after Ahmed, 24, was reported missing on May 12, and Danbury detectives working with Amtrak police realized they had found someone fitting his discription on a train taveling from Poughkeepskie to Troy withinin a day of when Ahmed was reported missing.

Danbury sent a photograph, and Ahmed, who was still disorientated and couldn't say who he was, agreed to be fingerprinted. His photo and fingerprints matched the missing man.

"They'd taken him to a local hospital," said Danbury Police Capt. Thomas Wendel. "He didn't know who he was."

Ahmed's disappearance was considered odd, because he left behind most or all of his personal possessions, police said, such as his laptop, cell phone, wallet and car. Ahmed lives in Danbury.

William Love, who works at WCSU and knows Ahmed, said during the search he just wanted to see the student returned safely. Like almost everyone familiar with the disappearance, Love was concerned about the fact the student left without a phone, wallet or car.

Alyssa Kolessar, a WCSU student, said she knew the student from club meetings, and said he would sit in the meetings and listen intensely without speaking often.

Both Kolessar and Love were very worried about the missing student.