Success Nwolise, a former SF State student who was reported missing last month, was found in Long Beach on Monday.
Nwolise, 19, was reported missing by her Stonestown Apartments roommate on March 11.
Just over a month later, officials from the Long Beach Police Department located Nwolise. It is not clear why Nwolise was in Long Beach.
“She is fine,” said Sgt. Jennifer Schwartz, of SF State’s University Police Department.
Nwolise was advised by Long Beach police to contact her friends and family who had reported her missing, Schwartz said.
In San Francisco, 1,125 adults were reported missing in 2003. Of these, 1,027 people eventually were accounted for, meaning that they either were returned, located, arrested, voluntarily missing or found deceased. At that point, the report was withdrawn or accounted for in the “other” category.
This is a very close relative of Success...first of all...I am not satisfied at all with how this case was handled...Secondly, Success has yet to contact any family member to inform us that she is OK...Thirdly, I, as well as many others who are close to Success are very doubtful about the fact that she was "found" & by the way, Success is 18, not 19...I'm sure many people don't see much of a difference but that small mistake proves that somebody obviously did not do a very good job in researching this case(be it the police or the reporter). Also, in the past month, the media has focused nationwide attention on two other college female students who were also missing. It is unfortunate that one of them turned up dead while the other might have "faked" her situation. Everyone who knows about Success' case is aware that she intentionally disappeared w/o letting anyone know of her whereabouts & some may also be aware that she was not enrolled in school this semester but that does not excuse the fact that she did not receive the same type of media attention that the other two missing females(who happen to be caucasian) received. According to a local reporter, since Success wasn't enrolled in school this semester, "she has no reason to return." Well, I beg to differ greatly. What about the fact that her family & friends are worried about her safety, whereabouts, & well-being just as the loved ones of those other two caucasian females? Think what you will of my comments but I am pretty sure that I am not the only one who has these concerns. All I & the rest of her family & friends can do at this point is continue to pray & hope that she will be able to make her way out of whatever unstable situation that she may be caught up in & reach out to one of us real soon because we all do miss her, love her, & truly care about her.