{
  "id": "2026-06-04-harvard-university-science-center-missing-person",
  "slug": "harvard-university-science-center-missing-person-2026-06-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Harvard University",
    "shortName": "Harvard",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MessageMe / Harvard Alert / HUPD Timely Warning",
    "enrollment": 25000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-04",
    "type": "missing-person",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Missing person last seen at the Science Center",
    "headlinePublic": "Missing person last seen at the Science Center",
    "summary": "HUPD [issued a campus advisory for a missing person last seen at the Science Center](https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update) and [reported the person located and safe](https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update).",
    "outcome": "Located and safe. Search concluded at 5:28 p.m."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "At approximately 11:57 AM hours, the Harvard University Police Department received a report of a missing person. This individual, Sung Lu, is a 32-year-old male of Asian descent last seen at the Science Center at 1 Oxford Street at approximately 11:00 AM hours. Prior to being separated from his group at the Science Center, Lu was accompanied by his mother and a tour group. Other local police departments have been notified and are assisting with the search for Lu.\n\nLu is described as Autistic and non-verbal. He is described as 5’7\", slim build, black hair, wearing sunglasses, a white/gray t-shirt, black pants, and black sneakers.\n\nThe first two photos below are from this morning.\n\nIf you observe Lu please contact the Harvard University Police Department at 617-495-1212 immediately.\n\nFor questions about this message, please contact the Harvard University Police Department's Public Information Officer, Steven G. Catalano, at 617-495-9225 or by email at steven_catalano@hupd.harvard.edu.\n\nDisseminated at 4:20 PM on Thursday, 6/4/26.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update",
      "sourceDescription": "",
      "annotations": [
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        "Product boundary ends at Disseminated at 4:20 PM. Photos not transcribed.",
        "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 08:00Z. Live curl 403 Akamai.",
        "Given name preserved as transmitted on the official advisory."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1043,
      "timestamp": "2026-06-04T16:20:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The missing person has been located and is safe. The search has concluded.\n\nDisseminated at 5:28 PM on Thursday, 6/4/26.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update",
      "sourceDescription": "",
      "annotations": [
        "Official locate/all-clear on the same HUPD page. sha256 6058b85ca4713e939399d11c59b0371880886e7a05137cc1f2a6fb5e5e6efaac chars=120.",
        "Product boundary is the two-sentence locate notice plus Disseminated at 5:28 PM."
      ],
      "characterCount": 120,
      "timestamp": "2026-06-04T17:28:00-04:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Harvard University Police posted a [Campus Advisory for a missing person last seen at the Science Center](https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update) and an [all-clear that the person was located and safe](https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update). Distinct from 2026-05-19-harvard-university-lowell-house-assault.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "HUPD campus advisory named a missing person last seen at the Science Center; a later product said the person was located and safe."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "HUPD Campus Advisory: missing person at the Science Center",
      "url": "https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news/2026/06/campus-advisory-missing-person-update",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 08:00Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "HUPD news listing",
      "url": "https://www.hupd.harvard.edu/news",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 08:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "massachusetts",
    "harvard",
    "missing-person"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}