Body of student falsely accused of Boston attacks possibly found

[The Straight Story]

The body of a man found in a Rhode Island river may be a student mistakenly identified as one of the Boston bombers, authorities say.

The state medical examiner's office is trying to determine whether the dead man is Sunil ­Tripathi, 22, who has been missing since March.

Members of a university rowing team found the body on Tuesday evening.

Mr Tripathi has been described as the other victim of the bombings after he was wrongly identified a suspect.

Police Lieutenant Joseph Donnelly told the Boston Globe it was "very possible" that the body is Mr Tripathi.

Brown University's rowing coach called police after spotting the body floating in the Providence River.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22278224#TWEET733527

[Blue_In_AK]

1. That's very sad.

I was hoping he'd be okay.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Very sad

That poor family.

[reformist2]

3. BBC's headline has a little bit of innuendo in it, no?

It made me wonder if anyone was suggesting that the false accusation led to his death.

[snooper2]

7. He has been missing since March...in body of article

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Sad.

Even worse was the shameful and baseless speculation from some here at DU on last Thursday night that he was somehow involved.

[Marrah_G]

5. Very sad

Whoever it is, I hope they find out who he is and what happened to him.

[bullwinkle428]

6. Jesus. This is tragedy enough on its own, and will become more so if it's

learned that he took his own life based on the speculation. I feel awful for his family & friends.

[Nay]

9. I feel sure he has been dead for more than a week, so the speculation that he was involved

in the bombing would not have affected him.

The poor kid. Depression is a terrible thing.

[FarCenter]

8. When he didn't turn up after all the speculation, it was probable that he was dead.

[El Progreso]

10. The media should not rush to judgments

This was a reason why. Poor man.

[hrmjustin]

11. Welcome to DU my friend!