Police search for missing Howard University student last seen in Northern Virginia
Family of missing Howard University student pleads for help
The family of missing Howard University student Esube "Izzy" Wondwossen is pleading for help to find her. Wondwossen was last seen on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Anyone with information is urged to call the Prince George’s County Police.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. - Prince George's County police are searching for a missing Howard University student who was last seen in Northern Virginia.
What we know:
Esube "Izzy" Wondwossen, 22, was last seen on Tuesday, Sept. 15, leaving Pentagon Metro Station in Arlington, Virginia, police said.
She was seen wearing a black zip-up hoodie, black leggings, Crocs and a headband. Police said she was carrying a Michael Kors tote bag at the time she was last seen.
Wondwossen is described as a Black woman who is 5 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs 110 pounds. Police say she has a mole above her left eyebrow.
Family calls for help
What they're saying:
According to her sister, Wondwossen is a senior at Howard University and is excited to graduate. Her sister says Wondwossen was seen getting off a Metro bus on Reading Avenue and Beauregard Street in Alexandria on Sept. 15 around 8:25 a.m.
Her family says they don't know why she would have gone to Alexandria.
Wondwossen's father says he dropped her off at the Branch Avenue Metro Station around 7 a.m. for what he believed was her normal commute to school. He noted that she appeared happy and in a good mood and that nothing seemed unusual at the time.
When her mother searched for her, she noticed that the location tracking on Wondwossen's phone appeared to be turned off.
"You don't wish for your daughter to run away, but that's what I'm wishing right now—that she's alive. She ran away," said her mother, Aida Endrias. "That she's not dead somewhere."
"She wouldn't just spend the night somewhere without telling us, and now it's been four days. I just want to know she's safe," said Wondwossen's sister, Helina Wondwossen. "I just want more information. I want more eyes out there. She wouldn't do this."
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Wondwossen is urged to call Prince George's County Police.
The Source: Information in this report is from Prince George's County police and a family member of the missing person.