Chinese Student Missing in Utah
A high school foreign exchange student was declared missing in Utah on Friday after his parents in China found a ransom note with the boy's photo, police said.
Kai Zhuang, 17, who lives in Riverdale, Utah, 34 miles north of Salt Lake City, was last seen Thursday morning as he walked to school.
"The parents informed school officials that they received a photo of their child that appeared to indicate that he had been kidnapped and they demanded ransom," Riverdale Police Chief Casey Warren said at a news conference.
The school contacted the police department regarding a possible kidnapping at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Zhuang's host parents told police that they were unaware of the student's disappearance, claiming that they had seen him the day before and heard him in t...