CBI issues statewide alert for missing CU Boulder student [Video]

BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a statewide alert for a missing University of Colorado Boulder student.

Megan Trussell, a CU Boulder student, was last seen around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9 in her residence hall on campus. Around noon on Thursday, CU Boulder posted on social media that its police department was trying to locate Trussell. The FBI also posted online that it is assisting in the search for her.

CBI on Friday issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for Trussell. She is described in the alert as an 18-year-old woman, 5 feet 2 inches tall and 130 pounds with red hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark jacket/ shirt, reddish pants and white platform sneakers. She was also carrying a “distinct” blue purse with a pink star.

Around noon on Friday, CU Boulder police said in an updateit is “working with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and …