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Missing UC Berkeley Student Last Seen At USC Party

Giovanni Moujaes |
March 30, 2015 | 10:03 a.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

(Courtesy of Facebook)
(Courtesy of Facebook)
The family of a missing 19-year-old UC Berkeley soccer player offered a $50,000 reward Sunday to anyone with information that leads to his whereabouts.

Eloi Vasquez, who went missing after attending a fraternity party near the University of Southern California, was last seen about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of West 28th Street, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.

Vasquez told his friends that he wanted to take a walk and left the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house, according to LAPD and a statement from UC Berkeley’s athletic department.

Vasquez left the house without money or identification with him, according to the statement.

The last call he made was to a friend in Berkeley early in the morning.

The university’s athletic department issued a statement about Vasquez’s disappearance on Facebook shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday.

“As you may have heard, one of our student-athletes, Eloi Vasquez, a 19-year-old freshman on our men’s soccer team, has been reported missing,” the statement read. “Eloi is a wonderful young man who has excelled both academically and athletically here at Cal. We are all very concerned for Eloi’s safety."

Vasquez is Hispanic, with black hair, brown eyes, standing 6-feet-tall and weighing about 175 pounds. He was said to be wearing a white T-shirt, grey pants and white tennis shoes when he was last seen.

Anyone with information about Vasquez’s whereabouts is asked to call the watch commander of the LAPD’s Southwest Division at 213-486-8582. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to (877) 527-3247.

Those wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to 274637. All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.” They can also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on “webtips” and follow the prompts.

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