Cindy Song

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Hyunjung "Cindy" Song (b. February 25, 1980) is the focus of an unsolved missing-persons case in the United States. She was a Pennsylvania State University student when she was last seen during the early morning hours of November 1, 2001 after a Halloween night out. Born in Seoul, Korea, she moved to Virginia and attended high school there before beginning her studies at Penn State.

After friends reported that she had been last seen at 4:00 a.m. in front of her State College apartment, local police began investigating. She was coming home after a series of all-night parties still wearing her playboy bunny costume consisting of a white mini-skirt, knee-length boots, a red hooded jacket, and a white bunny tail. A witness claimed to have seen her in Philadelphia several days after her disappearance, but no further information was discovered. Two months later, investigators still had few leads. Nearly a year after her disappearance, police agreed to work with the Penn State Paranormal Research Society. PRS called in Carla Baron, a psychic who was later involved in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping investigation.

Song's case received national attention on programs including Unsolved Mysteries in 2002 and Without a Trace in 2003. It was also featured in the first episode in the Court-TV series, Psychic Detectives, with Baron. In 2003, police in Northeastern Pennsylvania investigated the possibility of a connection with suspected killer Hugo Selenski, but her body was not found. Around that time, the case's lead investigator, Brian Sprinkle, came to the conclusion that unfortunately she was likely dead. In 2005, he reported that there were no new leads in the case, and that he did not expect to uncover any more. With more than five years after her disappearance, State College Mayor Bill Welch uses Song's story to remind students to stay safe at night, be aware of their surroundings and not to drink and party too much.[1]