Four years after Penn State student Cindy Song first disappeared, the last vestiges of those who knew her are leaving Penn State.

Many incoming students have little or no knowledge of the missing Song, who was last seen in 2001 on Halloween night when she entered her State College Park apartment at 4 a.m.

Jeffrey Lucci (freshman-engineering) was a high school freshman when Song disappeared.

"I don't know the name," he said.

Ferguson Township Police Detective Brian Sprinkle, who has been the lead investigator on the case from the start, said he has no new leads. There are no leads forthcoming, and there never was a very good lead, said Sprinkle.

"Not at this point do I have any hope that she'll turn up alive," he said.

For younger Penn State students, the categories of awareness range from those who have never heard of her to those who need their memories jogged on details of the case. In either situation, Cindy Song is not a name that jumps to mind.

Alison Popowicz (junior-marketing) did not recognize the name until the details of the case were explained to her.

"I knew of that story, but since I wasn't up here at the time, I probably didn't know it well," said Popowicz. "I probably heard it from somewhere back in Pittsburgh."

Danielle Klein (sophomore-psychology) thought for a second when told the name. Then her eyes widened when he she learned the details of the disappearance.

"Wow, I don't know who she is; I've never heard of it," Klein said.

Song's disappearance was once featured on the TV shows Without a Trace, Psychic Detectives and Unsolved Mysteries, but media coverage has now come to a halt with no new progress in the case.

At one point, police called in Los Angeles psychic investigator Carla Baron to help with the investigation. That was in 2003, and no new leads resulted from it.

Yong Ma, Penn State Asian Pacific American Coalition spokeswoman, said she remembers seeing pictures of Song all over campus when she first came to Penn State.

She said that now, around Halloween, Penn State students should concentrate on promoting awareness of Song's disappearance.

"We want people to remember her story so that this same thing doesn't happen again," Ma said.

Song's family could not be reached for comment. Her mother, Bansoon Song, has returned to South Korea after initially moving to State College for the investigation.

Kristin Williams (senior-education) said she remembered Song because the police were looking for her at the time she first came up to Penn State in the fall.

"I really didn't hear about it after my sophomore year, so I wouldn't think that incoming students would know about it," Williams said.

Sprinkle said the last development in the case was two years ago, when the department received a tip that Song's body was one of the five bodies found on the property of a Wilkes-Barre man. This proved to be false.

Sprinkle is the only member of the Ferguson Township Police Department on the case. He is aided by the Pennsylvania State Police.

He said that until something turns up, the case will always remain open.