Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi

How a University Student Became a Wrongful Suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombing

While in the throes of depression, Brown University student Sunil Tripathi walked out of his Providence apartment and disappeared into the cold Rhode Island night. In a desparate search to find him, his family launched a social media movement that reached across the country and brought together a community dedicated to finding him. In the days following the Boston Marathon bombings the family's month-long investigation into Sunil's disappearance exploded into a virtual confrontation with e-vigilantes, citizen journalist, and traditional media eager to feed their insatiable hunger for breaking news.