BOONE, N.C. — UPDATE at 5:11 p.m. Sept. 4: A preliminary investigation conducted by Appalachian State University Police into a report of a missing 18-year-old student has found nothing to suggest that the student's actions are anything other than voluntary, according to officials with ASU.
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