After investigators on the case of missing Penn State student Cindy Song received several phone tips, which are being looked into, members of the Ferguson Township Police Department and an FBI agent traveled to the Philadelphia area Monday in order to conduct follow up interviews, according to a press release.
The police continue to investigate the disappearance of the 21-year-old woman who has been missing since the early morning hours of Nov. 1. Investigators were unavailable for comment yesterday.
Penn State Spokesman Bill Mahon said the university has been involved in the investigation since she was reported missing.
Mahon said the university has been working with police through Penn State Police Services as well as with the family of the missing student.
"We've met with her family and developed a poster for the family," Mahon said. "We put the same information on our public information Web site linked to the Penn State Web site."
The university has been pooling its resources to help with the investigation.
"A number of different university offices have been working together to help with whatever we can," Mahon said.
For example, Mahon said, the university set up a Penn State e-mail account for Song's brother Kiho Song while he is staying in State College.
As well as Internet media, Mahon said the university has been involved in setting up the reward that has been put on the posters for the return of Cindy Song.
Mahon said the university will do whatever it can to help find Cindy Song, but now, they are looking to the police to do what they can.
"It's awfully limited to what more we can do," Mahon said. "She just vanished into thin air. Realistically, a lot of this is going to depend on the police."
Mahon is as astonished about the disappearance as the many other people involved with the search.
"This kind of crime is so strange and so incredibly rare, I think everybody's just so shocked and baffled by it."
Students now continue to work together with the university and police to support the family and help with the search.
An e-mail list has been set up for the students and community members who attended a meeting Thursday organized by Black Caucus.
An e-mail that was signed, "Sincerely, Family and friends of Cindy Song," was sent to the e-mail list and thanked the students whose time and efforts were given Saturday posting flyers.
"The family and friends of Cindy Song would like to thank all of those who supported us yesterday in posting flyers," the e-mail said. "We greatly appreciate all of the efforts the students, school, and community has put in the search for Cindy Song. Please continue to pray for Cindy Song and family members."
Numerous e-mails are sent daily to the e-mail list from the different students who have taken the initiative to help with the search.
Song, of Korean descent, is 5'1" and weighs about 115 lbs. She has not been seen since the early morning hours of Nov. 1.
Song was last seen wearing a short, white skirt, a pink top, brown knee-high boots and a red-hooded coat.
Anyone with information pertaining to the whereabouts of Song, or anyone who has seen or heard from her is asked to call Det. Brian Sprinkle at 814-237-1172 or 1-800-479-0050.

