After civilian search efforts, fliers and a large social media campaign to "Bring Brendan Home," the MSU community became deeply involved in the case. Now, after the discovery of the body, many students are devastated.
Michigan State University Police and Public Safety found a body in the Red Cedar River at 12:30 p.m. in Lansing, 1.5 miles downriver of where Brendan Santo was last seen. Identification of the body is pending, but the body is believed to be that of Santo.
"It could be possible to do a partial dam if there was a very specific area to concentrate on,” MSU spokesperson Dana Whyte said in a Jan. 19 email to the State News.
The vehicle has since been located near State and Chandler Road.
Councilperson George Brookover kept his comments on updating the city's livestock code to include goats and ducks brief. “No, thanks,” he said.
Human biology senior Zack Wojcik said he is unsure if the preventative measures put in place against COVID-19 will be enough.
The missing vehicle is a gray Dodge RAM 1500 four-door pickup truck.
The rapid antigen at-home tests can be taken anywhere and can show results within a 20-minute timeframe that can distinguish COVID-19 even in asymptomatic persons.
Since Nov. 9, the GoFundMe organized by Melissa Corsi for Santo's family has collected more than $120,000 in donations.
Starting with dates as early as the 1920s, the museum will highlight autistic innovators and leaders such as Dr. Temple Grandin, Elon Musk and Andy Warhol. It will also include a sensory room kit for children with autism, creating a comfortable space for learning.
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“We want the community to feel safe," Lansing's Young Black Panther Party founder James Henson said. "We can also bring trust and teamwork within our community at the same time."
Upon finding a lack of representation in women authors of color, Nyshell Lawrence vowed that one day, she would open her own bookstore to celebrate Black women. Now, after a grand re-opening Jan. 8 at the Lansing Mall, the Socialight Society is a dream come to life.
As MSU enters another semester online, students endured sub-freezing temperatures, impossibly long lines and the ever-present threat of COVID-19 to celebrate their first week back in classes at the bars.
“They made it possible for me as a Black girl to go to any school that I want, and they made that sacrifice as teenagers,” Chairperson of the MLK Mid-Michigan commission Elaine Hardy said.
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“The bare facts are: Brendan is missing, needs to be found and brought back home,” Dawn Brewer, Brendan Santo’s aunt, said in an email.
"We have a significant surge in cases," Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said. "The highest percent positivity we've seen."
The bills, if signed into law, would make it illegal to sell or possess an ammo magazine capable of containing more than 10 bullets. Exceptions are made for police, active military members and those who own a high-capacity magazine purchased before the law went into effect and reported their ownership to local authorities.
“They think they can pull you out, put somebody else in and it’s not going to make any difference,” striker Anthony Kerns said. “Well, we found out it does make a difference.”