Berkeley police share details about contents of missing student’s car

Berkeley police share details about contents of missing student’s car

BY B.J. ALMOND
Rice News staff

Police in Berkeley, Calif., reported this week that books and handwritten notes about how to establish a new identity were found in the car that belongs to missing Rice University student Matthew Wilson.

MATTHEW WILSON

Wilson’s silver 2004 four-door Dodge Neon was towed as an abandoned vehicle from a residential street in West Berkeley June 10.  Local police believe the car had been parked there since early May.

“This information gives us hope that Matthew is alive, and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family,” said Robin Forman, dean of undergraduates. 

Wilson, a 21-year-old junior majoring in computer science, has been missing since he was last seen by his roommate Dec. 14 in their off-campus apartment.

The Berkeley police have been in communication with Wilson’s family and have released the car to them.