Spring Break
Alumnus still missing after a month
Greg Gentile
Issue date: 1/22/09 Section: Campus
01/22/09 - On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 University of Rhode Island alumnus Wojciech Fudali, 22, disappeared after attending a friend's party in Narragansett the night before. After two search parties, Narragansett Police have no new clues or leads in Fudali's case.
During the morning after the party, when guests awoke, Fudali was gone. He left behind all of his personal belongings including his clothes and cell phone.
Described by those who knew him as an avid nature lover, his friends thought Fudali had just gone on a walk. When he never returned, they called the police.
Zachary Diamond of Newport, one of Fudali's friends said that his mental disposition had changed a few days prior to his disappearance. Fudali had rejected science and adopted religion.
"He was on this stint about nature. He said he wanted to be pure," Diamond told the Providence Journal.
Fudali has been spotted twice since his disappearance according to Capt. Gerald D. Driscoll of Narragansett Police. The first sighting occurred at around 8:30 a.m. the morning he disappeared. Fudali was spotted sitting naked on a dock. The second sighting occurred two hours later near Escape Road in Galilee. He was still naked.
Following his disappearance were three days of intense searches in which police used dogs, helicopters, and a Coast Guard water search.
On Dec. 13, more then 100 friends and family held their own search party for Fudali. They searched near the tidal flats around Escape Road by foot and kayak.
Police believe they have done all they can at this point in the search for Fudali.
"Until a new lead [provides] us with some information, we're kind of out of options at this point," Driscoll said.
Fudali graduated URI in May of 2008 with a bachelor's degree in international business.
During the morning after the party, when guests awoke, Fudali was gone. He left behind all of his personal belongings including his clothes and cell phone.
Described by those who knew him as an avid nature lover, his friends thought Fudali had just gone on a walk. When he never returned, they called the police.
Zachary Diamond of Newport, one of Fudali's friends said that his mental disposition had changed a few days prior to his disappearance. Fudali had rejected science and adopted religion.
"He was on this stint about nature. He said he wanted to be pure," Diamond told the Providence Journal.
Fudali has been spotted twice since his disappearance according to Capt. Gerald D. Driscoll of Narragansett Police. The first sighting occurred at around 8:30 a.m. the morning he disappeared. Fudali was spotted sitting naked on a dock. The second sighting occurred two hours later near Escape Road in Galilee. He was still naked.
Following his disappearance were three days of intense searches in which police used dogs, helicopters, and a Coast Guard water search.
On Dec. 13, more then 100 friends and family held their own search party for Fudali. They searched near the tidal flats around Escape Road by foot and kayak.
Police believe they have done all they can at this point in the search for Fudali.
"Until a new lead [provides] us with some information, we're kind of out of options at this point," Driscoll said.
Fudali graduated URI in May of 2008 with a bachelor's degree in international business.
