Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Police fearful for missing college student

|
|
 
  
Published: July 6, 2007 at 5:15 PM

RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- Investigators in Southern California say a missing college student was last seen leaving for a party last month at the house of a registered sex offender.

Donna Haghighat Jou, 19, of Rancho Santa Margarita disappeared on June 23. Jou, who lives with her mother, left with a man identified as John Steven Burgess of Los Angeles, the Orange County Register reported.

Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Office say that Burgess calls himself Sinjin Stevens and has a pickup truck with the vanity license plate Sinjin1. They believe that he used fake pictures to convince her to come to a party.

A friend said that she received a cell phone call from Jou a few hours after she was last seen. She told the friend she had locked herself in the bathroom because "the guy she was with was freaking her out."

"As more time goes on, the likelihood that she has become a victim of foul play certainly increases," said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the sheriff's office.

Topics: Jim Amormino
© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade Proposition 8 ruled unconstitutional in California
AARP Movies for Grownups Award Gala The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Snowy Owls make appearance in Washington
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 15
Rose McGowan at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Fall 2012 Collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week In New York
View Caption
fark
The toughest place to be a train driver
"Can a man be 'slut-shamed?'" Well...yeah
Problem: You have a city full of people who have no ability whatsoever to parallel park. Solution:...
38KKK air bags keep woman safe in car crash
NJ DOT committee presents recommendations on ways to reduce train-related deaths. #1: Stop getting...
Another amenity your car is missing: A wood burning stove. Talk to this guy about getting that set...