A call about a missing college student in Oklahoma and a few responses to the composite sketch released by Ferguson Township Police last week are the newest leads the department has to go by in the three-month-long investigation into the disappearance of Penn State student Cindy Song.
Neither has proved substantial enough to give any headway into identifying Song's whereabouts, Ferguson Township Police Lt. Drew Clemson said.
Meanwhile, Song's family is appealing the U.S. government to aid in the search for the 21-year-old Korean woman, by trying to contact President George W. Bush while he is conducting his Asian tour and travelling through the Songs' hometown of Seoul, South Korea.
The phone tip from Oklahoma involved a missing Japanese student from a community college. After following the lead to establish a possible correlation, Clemson said there seems to be "absolutely no connection" between the alleged Oklahoma disappearance and Song's case.
Last week, a composite sketch was produced from a witness under hypnosis who reported a suspicious sighting of an Asian woman in the Philadelphia area around the time of Song's Nov. 1 disappearance.
Clemson said the department has received a few calls about the composite sketch, but again, "nothing's panned out."
"We're still grasping the straws here," Clemson said, adding that investigators are still unsure as to whether Song's disappearance should be attributed to abduction.
"(The department is) handling the case as such because it's such a suspicious disappearance," Clemson said.
Song was last seen in the early morning hours following a Halloween party, after she returned to her apartment on the 300 block of West Clinton Ave.
Since her disappearance, her brother and mother have traveled to State College from their hometown of Seoul, South Korea, to be involved with the investigation.
With the help of student organizations and community members, the Songs have publicized information about the missing integrative arts major by posting flyers throughout State College and on campus.
They have expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation in press conferences this year and yesterday publicized their request for a "more aggressive investigation by police or FBI," according to an e-mail from her brother Kiho Song.
"I think that it could be meaningful for (Bush), as a world president, to help a foreign student from Korea, such a small Asian country," Kiho Song said in the e-mail. Bush was visiting South Korea this week to meet with international leaders and visit troops. He left Seoul yesterday en route to China as part of his three-nation Asian tour.
Song is described as 5'1" tall and weighing 115 lbs. At last sighting, she was wearing a white skirt, pink top, brown knee-high boots and a red hooded coat.
Anyone with information regarding Song's whereabouts is advised to call the Ferguson Township Police at 814-237-1172 or (800) 479-0050.
