20-year-old US student goes missing in Goa

A 20-year-old US student has gone missing from Anjuna village in Goa where she was last seen on Thursday, November 7, prompting her family back home to launch a Facebook campaign.

Elizabeth M Mann, a University of Minnesota Twin Cities student, was last seen at around 5 am on Thursday.

The owner of the hostel where Mann was staying has filed a missing complaint with the Anjuna Police. The family has also sought help from local authorities and those who may have known her whereabouts, including the managers at Bunkd Hostels where she was staying.

“We have flashed the message across the state in the hope that someone will come forward with leads,” Anjuna police station inspector Suraj Gauns said.

A message on the Facebook page set up for locating Mann reads, “Elizabeth has been travelling on her own, anticipating attending a yoga retreat. The authorities are also investigating a man who was targeting her.”

“She could have gone out to meet friends, but we are taking no chances, a team has been sent to investigate,” a police official said.

The US Consulate has also been notified.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, crime against foreigners has shown a mixed trend with the state witnessing 30 cases of crimes against foreigners in 2015, which reduced to 22 in 2016 before rising up to 28 in the year 2017, the last year for which statistics have been made available by the NCRB. Crimes against foreigners make up 5.7 of the total crimes in Goa.