Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Matthew Wilson, a junior at college, who hasn’t been seen since Saturday.
His mother, Cathy Wilson, said it wasn’t unusual for her son to turn off his cell phone during finals week because he took school work very seriously. She was surprised, however, when she called on Tuesday and Matthew’s roommate answered his phone.
Wilson’s roommate said he had filed a police report earlier that day because Matthew hadn’t been seen nearly three days.
“Matthew would have to be half-dead before he would leave school without turning in his final project,” Cathy Wilson said.
Wilson said she had seen her son last on Thanksgiving and he was planning to return home to visit his mother and sister in Tulsa by Thursday or Friday.
None of his family members have heard from Matthew Wilson since his disappearance.
Wilson said her son was supposed to pick up another student to give her a ride to the airport on Saturday and she later told university officials he never showed up.
He also didn’t tell anyone where he was going on Saturday, leaving behind his cell phone but taking a backpack and his car, a four-door Dodge Neon.
Wilson said police told her they searched all local hospitals and the morgue and didn’t find any sign of her son.
“Each day we speculate more and more,” Wilson said. “If he’s not dead then something traumatic must have happened to him.”
