Family says dead Indian student showed signs of depression
27 April 2013 6:59 AM IST
The family of Sunil Tripathi, the Indian-American student whose body was recovered from Providence river, said the 22-year-old had shown signs of depression prior to his disappearance.
‘He was never clinically diagnosed but his close family and friends definitely knew he was having some problems with his mood, and it kind of bound us together,’ Ravi, Sunil’s brother, told CNN.
Sangeeta, his sister, told ABCnews.com at the time it was ‘completely atypical’ for her brother to vanish without contacting anyone. Hearing their sibling slurred on social media, and associated with Boston bombings that killed three people, only served to create more trauma for Sunil’s family, they said. ‘We knew unconvincingly this was not Sunil, especially when we saw all the video footage and surveillance that was being released. It was difficult to have the events of that night unfold so aggressively, with language that was not based on any actual evidence at all,’ said Sangeeta.
As part of their efforts to create positive energy surrounding their brother’s disappearance, the Tripathi’s have created a social media campaign ‘Lend Your Hand,’ in which well-wishers inscribe messages on their skin, in hopes of ultimately finding Sunil.
‘He was never clinically diagnosed but his close family and friends definitely knew he was having some problems with his mood, and it kind of bound us together,’ Ravi, Sunil’s brother, told CNN.
Sangeeta, his sister, told ABCnews.com at the time it was ‘completely atypical’ for her brother to vanish without contacting anyone. Hearing their sibling slurred on social media, and associated with Boston bombings that killed three people, only served to create more trauma for Sunil’s family, they said. ‘We knew unconvincingly this was not Sunil, especially when we saw all the video footage and surveillance that was being released. It was difficult to have the events of that night unfold so aggressively, with language that was not based on any actual evidence at all,’ said Sangeeta.
As part of their efforts to create positive energy surrounding their brother’s disappearance, the Tripathi’s have created a social media campaign ‘Lend Your Hand,’ in which well-wishers inscribe messages on their skin, in hopes of ultimately finding Sunil.
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