
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The family of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student who was swept away by floodwaters in May say they know she probably isn’t alive but that they’re holding out hope.
Anwesha Dey went missing May 3 while on her way to campus from a friend’s house nearby. She was reported missing May 6.
Police say surveillance video shows Dey falling into a fast-moving creek and her struggling as the water swept her away.
Dey’s cousin told the newspaper in a telephone interview that Dey’s parents, who live in India, don’t want to believe that she drowned. The cousin said the only thing that will bring the family closure is finding Dey’s body.