March 19, 2026
Cold and Missing: Khoi Dang Vu
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In April 7th, 2007, 25-year-old Khoi Dang Vu was a trusting and vulnerable young man when he vanished from his family’s home in Clark County Washington, in the middle of the night. He left behind his jacket, bike, and everything familiar, immediately raising alarm. What began as a search for someone who may have wandered off quickly turned into something more concerning, as days passed with no confirmed sightings despite extensive searches and FBI involvement. Within weeks, the case was reclassified as criminal, and by 2008, investigators believed Khoi was the victim of homicide, though his body has never been found. Nearly two decades later, his disappearance remains unsolved, and his family is still searching for answers. Join Ali as she goes through this missing person case
*** If you know anything about the disappearance of Khoi Dang Vu - or his whereabouts today- please call the Clark County Police at 564-397-2036 ***
Sources:
The Columbian, The Oregonian, East Oregonian, The FBI, and Clark County Government
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The views and opinions expressed in Cold and
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-Sulkowski. And I'm your co -host, Eli Sulkowski.
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this week's episode. This week, we are talking
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about the missing person case of Khoi’s Dang Vu.
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And this takes place in April of 2007 in Clark
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County, Washington. But first, a little bit about
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Khoi. Khoi Dang Vu was 25 years old in the spring
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of 2007. Khoi was born deaf and did not speak.
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He also lived with developmental disabilities.
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His family shared that he functioned at about
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a level of a 10 -year -old child. He knew some
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American Sign Language but was not fluent in
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it. Communication for Khoi wasn't always easy,
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but he was able to get his point across. If he
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was able to get a piece of paper, he would usually
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write to communicate. But still, Khoi was social.
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He was friendly. He was trusting in a way that
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was really beautiful, but also in a way that
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worried his family. He loved meeting new people.
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He would often go to the local Albertson supermarket,
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where he would approach strangers with a piece
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of paper. On it, he had written a short introduction
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that said, Hi, my name is Khoi, and he would ask
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others to tell him something about themselves.
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His brother -in -law, Josh, says, quote, He was
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very friendly, very trusting, very happy. He
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would approach anyone. He'd walk up to you and
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hand you a note. Khoi loved basketball. He spent
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time at the local playground shooting hoops and
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riding his bike around the neighborhood. His
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bike was his main mode of transportation. He
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was known in the community. People recognized
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him, and many people knew how to interact with
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him and how to understand him. He lived at home
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with his family on Northwest 92nd Street in Orchards,
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Washington. He lived with his parents, his sister,
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and brother -in -law. The family had immigrated
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to the United States from Vietnam in 1990, building
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a life together. Khoi did not know any Vietnamese.
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He only could communicate in English. At 25,
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Khoi had brown eyes and black hair. He was around
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5 '6 and weighed about 108 pounds. And now, a
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timeline of events. Friday, April 6, 2007. So
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that Friday was normal, according to Khoi’s family.
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Khoi spent the evening in his mother's room, sitting
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with her, watching TV. The next day, the family
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had plans. They were going to drive to Seattle
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to visit Khoi’s older brother and celebrate his
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mom's 68th birthday. Khoi was very excited about
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the trip. At one point, he showed his mom the
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gift he had bought for her. He was proud of it,
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especially how well he had wrapped it. He was
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showing it off. His brother -in -law, Josh, says,
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quote, he seemed to be very excited about the
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trip. Sometime between midnight and 1 a .m.,
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Khoi left his mother's room to go to bed. This
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would be the last time anyone saw him. So Saturday,
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April 7th, 2007. So like I said, sometime between
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midnight and 1 a .m., Khoi said goodnight. to
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his family and went to bed. Overnight, a storm
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moved through the area. It was a really bad storm.
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Lots of wind, rain, thunder. Conditions that
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would have made it difficult or even dangerous
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to be outside. The next morning, the family went
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to wake Khoi for the family trip. He wasn't in
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his room. At first, there was immediate confusion.
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Khoi had wandered off before. but only ever during
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the daytime and only ever in good weather. He
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often went on his bike, and he would always come
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home within a few hours. But this felt very different
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from the beginning. Khoi’s jacket, the one he
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always wore and his favorite jacket, was still
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hanging in the closet. His bicycle was still
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in the garage. The helmet was hanging with it.
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His brother -in -law, Josh, says, quote, The
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jacket he normally wears is hanging in his closet.
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His bike's still sitting in the garage and his
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helmet is still sitting there. It seems like
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he changed clothes sometime between going to
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bed and leaving the house. No one knows exactly
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what Khoi was wearing when he disappeared. There
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are no signs of forced entry to the home. By
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8 a .m., the family had called police to report
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him missing. When police are called, a search
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is launched almost immediately around the area
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of the home. It's truly believed at this point
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that Khoi had wandered off, even though it was
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unlike him to go in the middle of the night and
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to go in very bad weather. That didn't make sense
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to the family, but still, that was what police
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were operating under at first. So the first day,
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it appears that a search is done around the house,
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but no clues are found about Khoi. The next day,
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Sunday, April 8th, a large search began almost
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immediately at daybreak. Family, friends, local
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law enforcement agencies were all there to help
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cover area. Again, they focused on areas around
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the home. And they paid specific attention to
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areas where maybe somebody would hide or stay
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to... get out of the rain to stay dry or warm.
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So they focus on that, and they also ask the
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public to check their outbuildings and cars to
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see if Khoi maybe wandered into them to get out
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of the weather since it was so bad the night
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he disappeared. Still, after a full day of searching
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on Sunday, there's no evidence of what happened
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to Khoi, no sign of him. By Monday, April 9th,
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so this is three days that he's been missing,
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the search has expanded. The FBI joins the investigation
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officially. It's unclear exactly what prompts
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the FBI to join the investigation. According
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to police, the FBI offered their help and so
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they just accepted the extra manpower. Again,
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investigators stress to the public that they
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should check their own properties. In their backyard,
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sheds, outbuildings, parked cars, just to make
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sure that Khoi didn't wander into them. While
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investigators are working on searching different
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areas, Khoi’s family is working on getting his
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picture out there. So they pass out flyers, especially
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around Albertson's grocery stores. It was a place
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Khoi knew and a place that he was very familiar
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with. They believe that if he saw one, he would
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likely go to it and try to ask for help. Slowly,
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tips started coming in from the public. There
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were some possible sightings near an elementary
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school, but this didn't end up panning out, according
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to reports. There were also some reports of him
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in the greater Portland area. And again, police
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follow up, but they weren't able to verify if
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it's him. Police say, quote, there's nothing
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that indicates foul play at this point, but we
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won't rule it out. His family, however, is more
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and more concerned with each passing day. His
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brother -in -law, Josh, says, quote, we're trying
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to remain positive. It's difficult for the family
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because he needs help. He can't survive on his
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own. On Tuesday, April 10th, so this is four
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days now, the search continues. The FBI and local
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investigators began looking deeper, questioning
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registered sex offenders in the area. They also
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explored whether Khoi could have had any contact
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online. While his family had never taught him
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how to use a computer, there was one in the home,
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so it was an avenue they were looking at. Other
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teams sent divers into nearby ponds to search
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them. And still nothing. Sergeant Tim Bieber
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says, quote, It's certainly concerning that it's
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gone so long, with so many experienced investigators
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working on this. The next day, Wednesday, April
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11th, so five days now, no confirmed sightings.
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All of the tips seem to have dried up. Again,
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Sergeant Tim Bieber says, quote, it's day number
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five and we're very concerned. We're all waiting
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for the phone call saying, hey, we've got something
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big here. But the phone call never comes. The
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search continues for days after this, but the
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next real big development comes on Sunday, April
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22nd. So it's been 16 days that Khoi has been
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missing. And the family and investigators announced
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that there's now a $1 ,000 reward for information
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leading to Khoi. A few days after this, on Friday,
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April 27th, so 21 days, three weeks, Khoi has
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been missing, investigators officially reclassified
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the case as a criminal investigation. Sergeant
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Tim Bieber says, quote, if he just walked away
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and was just a missing person, he probably would
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have turned up by now. or some evidence of where
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he was at would have turned up by now. Police
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revealed that they were speaking to a person
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of interest, but they don't release a name. They
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also confirmed that all registered sex offenders
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within a two -mile radius of Khoi’s home had been
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ruled out. The next day, Saturday, April 28th,
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so 22 days Khoi has been missing, Police continue
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questioning this person of interest, but refuse
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to release a name or identity, or even to confirm
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if it's just one person or maybe multiple people
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that they're talking to. Again, police say, quote,
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After this amount of time, it looks more and
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more like there's something more to this case.
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There's definitely something wrong, and we have
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to assume it's criminal in nature. Khoi’s family,
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however, is left in limbo. The family says, quote,
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It's another stressor in life. It's good sometimes,
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and it's rough sometimes. We're all wondering,
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we're hoping, we're distraught and frustrated.
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In June of 2007, so two months Khoi has been missing,
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the reward was increased to $5 ,000, but still
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no real developments in the case. In January
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of 2008, so nine months Khoi has been missing,
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investigators began to say publicly what many
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had feared. that they believe Khoi Dang Vu was
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the victim of a homicide, even though they still
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have never found his body or any evidence. At
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some point, according to investigators in Clark
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County, detectives came to believe that Khoi's
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body may have been disposed of in a dumpster,
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one that was later taken to a landfill near Boardman,
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Oregon. How this information comes about in Khoi's
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case is never really made clear. by investigators
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or that I could find. And that's really the last
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update we get. Over the years, Khoi’s case has
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been in the media, but no real developments,
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no suspects have ever been named. And his body
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has never been found. So if you know anything
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about the disappearance of Khoi Dang Vu or his
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whereabouts today, please call the Clark County
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Sheriff's Office at 564 -397 - So that is the
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missing person case of Khoi Dang Vu. When I first
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discovered Khoi's case, I was really shocked
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about how little information there was, but at
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the same time how there seemed to be a lot of
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details in the case. So it kind of seemed like
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there was this kind of juxtaposition of... kind
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of this known answer of what happened to him
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but without having a lot of details around the
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case. So that's something that I was really confused
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by and wanted to try to sort out for myself which
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is why I really wanted to look into this case
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and then I knew it was a case that I wanted to
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bring to Cold and Missing. It fits right into
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all the other cases that we cover here. It is
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a more unique missing person case and that police
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do believe very firmly here that it is a homicide
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and even seem to have an idea of what happened,
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but no body and still is classified as a missing
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person case slash homicide case. Very interesting
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overall. And then, you know, hand in hand with
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wanting to know more about this case, it's just
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also the tragedy of this case for this family.
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Khoi was someone who needed his family and needed
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the support of his family to really thrive the
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way that he was. He was living such an incredible
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life, it seems like. He was involved in his community.
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He was out. He'd ride his bike all over the place,
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enjoyed meeting new people. And it seemed like
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the community kind of watched out for him and
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knew how to talk to him and, you know, understand
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him. So he was really in such a supportive place
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and seemed to be thriving. And because he was
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deaf and had developmental disabilities, the
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support of his family is so crucial in his ability
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to thrive and for him to be taken away from his
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family, from his support, from his community.
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It just seems cruel on such a level that feels
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um more rare it just it it really leaves me almost
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speechless it I'm having trouble finding words
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to describe how tragic and just evil it feels
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like that somebody would go after Khoi and create
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harm in his world it's yeah it really almost
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leaves me speechless quite truly. But it leaves
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me with a lot of questions as well. So just to
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kind of get into some of the questions that I
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know I have in this timeline and just to talk
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about that a little deeper, I am very interested
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if I could sit down and kind of know anything
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about this case, about how this case shifts.
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It's really about at that three -week mark that
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that's when investigators you know, shifted to
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a criminal investigation. And part of that makes
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a lot of sense. You know, their rationale in
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the beginning, they say that it's because, you
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know, if he had wandered off, they would have
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found signs of him. I mean, they have seasoned
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investigators. They have the FBI resources. They
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would have found some sign of what happened to
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him. But from my understanding, no evidence was
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found of. where he went I mean what direction
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he could have even gone in it doesn't even seem
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like we know how he got out of the house the
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only thing we really know is you know he goes
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to bed between midnight and 1 a .m it does seem
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like it's closer to maybe 1 a .m that's how it's
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initially reported in the beginning and then
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they go to wake him up at around 8 a .m and he's
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gone his brother -in -law says that it does seem
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like He had changed clothes, but we never know
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what kind of clothes he was wearing. So I'd be
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very curious if we ever determined that. Did
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they go through his closet and see, you know,
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was a shirt missing that he always wore? What
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was missing from his closet if he did change
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clothes? Were any clothes missing from his closet?
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There is some reports that it looked like his
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bed had not been slept in. So that drives even
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more questions. Did he get into the bed that
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night at all? Did he get into his, it seems like
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he got into his room if he changed his clothes.
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So what happened in there? So many questions,
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so many questions. Police think that after, you
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know, about three weeks, they haven't found any
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evidence, something criminal must have happened.
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The family. believes that something criminal
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must have happened kind of from the beginning
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because it was so unlike him to leave the house
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in the middle of the night. Police say they have
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a person of interest that they're talking to
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around this same time. I'd be curious if police
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were ever able to rule that person out, if that's
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still a person of interest in this case. I'd
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be curious if anybody else has popped up over
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the years, you know, since 2007, 2008. Has anybody
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else come across police radar that could be responsible
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for this? And then, to me, it seems like one
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of the biggest questions is the bombshell that
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comes right at the end of the timeline, that
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it is a homicide investigation and police believe
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that Khoi’s body was placed in a dumpster and
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ultimately taken to a landfill. I tried to look
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for reports of if this landfill had ever been
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searched, and I couldn't find any media reporting
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that police searched the landfill. It doesn't
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mean that it didn't happen, but from my understanding,
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landfill searches tend to be very difficult and
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require a lot of, like, police presence, just
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like a lot of manpower to make them happen and
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to make them effective. You know, it is reported
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on by the media just because such a large police
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presence. But I couldn't find any reporting that
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they had ever gone out there from 2007, 2008,
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2009 to search the landfill for Khoi. It seems
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like they go out there like there's a prisoner
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who escapes years later, like in the 2015, 2016
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times. So they search the landfill for him. But
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that's really the only. time I could find the
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landfill being searched. So I would be curious
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to know if that ever happened in Khoi’s case.
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But really, even before all of that, I would
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be curious to know exactly where that information
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came from. Because while it's vague, it's also
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very specific of what happened. We don't have
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the specific details of maybe specifically what
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building or dumpster it could be but it's it's
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a pretty specific story of what happened to him
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and where did police get that story did that
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come from the person of interest did that come
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through a rumor mill like how how did that get
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to be part of his story that seems incredibly
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unclear to me I really tried to find What made
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police pivot to this story in those months, but
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I could not find anything outside of police just
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saying, this is what we believed happened. My
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hopes in this case, of course, my ultimate hope
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is that resources could be put towards Khoi’s
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case and they search the landfill. If that's
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where they think he is, then to me, I feel like
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let's put the resources to... bringing him home.
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Let's get him out of there and get him to his
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family and a place to rest. It feels so cruel
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to have an idea of where he may be, but just
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not doing it. And maybe it's really naive of
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me to think that it can be done. I know it would
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be very difficult to find his body if that's
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where it is, but it seems cruel and unfair to
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not even try. I think his family deserves the
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effort of at least trying. And, you know, it's
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like every passing day, it just is going to make
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it more and more difficult. So ultimately, that's
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my hope in this case is that resources are put
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to bring him home. If we have an idea of where
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he's at, that that's what we do. And then if
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we're not able to do that, if we can't. get him
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out of there and bring him home then let's put
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the resources to bringing justice to his case
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a homicide happened here someone very vulnerable
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it seems like was taken out of their home the
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night before a family trip and murdered so if
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someone is responsible for that then they should
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be held accountable for that and I do just want
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to stress because police say that this is a homicide.
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That's what they say. Looking at, you know, the
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Clark County government website on Khoi’s case,
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they say it's a homicide. So it's not like they
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think that this was an accident where Khoi wandered
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off in the night and then the bad weather hit.
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So he needed to get out of the rain and he got
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into a dumpster. you know, somehow suffocated
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or was crushed, killed in an accident manner.
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That's not what police are saying happened here.
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Very firmly, I think they're saying that's not
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what happened here. They do believe that it's
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homicide in nature. Khoi is a missing person.
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We do not have his body. He has not come home
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to his family. And ultimately, I think we just
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need to put resources towards this case. If we
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can't bring him home, then let's get... justice
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for him. Let's have somebody answer for what
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they did because this is a heinous and cruel
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crime what happened to Khoi. So again if you know
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anything about the disappearance of Khoi Dang
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Vu in April of 2007 or his whereabouts today
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please call the Clark County Police at 564 -397
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-2036. We will have some pictures of Khoi on our
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this week's episode. This week, we are talking
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about the missing person case of Khoi’s Dang Vu.
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And this takes place in April of 2007 in Clark
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County, Washington. But first, a little bit about
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Khoi. Khoi Dang Vu was 25 years old in the spring
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of 2007. Khoi was born deaf and did not speak.
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He also lived with developmental disabilities.
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His family shared that he functioned at about
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a level of a 10 -year -old child. He knew some
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American Sign Language but was not fluent in
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it. Communication for Khoi wasn't always easy,
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but he was able to get his point across. If he
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was able to get a piece of paper, he would usually
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write to communicate. But still, Khoi was social.
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He was friendly. He was trusting in a way that
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was really beautiful, but also in a way that
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worried his family. He loved meeting new people.
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He would often go to the local Albertson supermarket,
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where he would approach strangers with a piece
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of paper. On it, he had written a short introduction
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that said, Hi, my name is Khoi, and he would ask
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others to tell him something about themselves.
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His brother -in -law, Josh, says, quote, He was
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very friendly, very trusting, very happy. He
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would approach anyone. He'd walk up to you and
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hand you a note. Khoi loved basketball. He spent
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time at the local playground shooting hoops and
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riding his bike around the neighborhood. His
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bike was his main mode of transportation. He
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was known in the community. People recognized
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him, and many people knew how to interact with
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him and how to understand him. He lived at home
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with his family on Northwest 92nd Street in Orchards,
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Washington. He lived with his parents, his sister,
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and brother -in -law. The family had immigrated
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to the United States from Vietnam in 1990, building
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a life together. Khoi did not know any Vietnamese.
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He only could communicate in English. At 25,
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Khoi had brown eyes and black hair. He was around
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5 '6 and weighed about 108 pounds. And now, a
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timeline of events. Friday, April 6, 2007. So
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that Friday was normal, according to Khoi’s family.
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Khoi spent the evening in his mother's room, sitting
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with her, watching TV. The next day, the family
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had plans. They were going to drive to Seattle
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to visit Khoi’s older brother and celebrate his
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mom's 68th birthday. Khoi was very excited about
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the trip. At one point, he showed his mom the
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gift he had bought for her. He was proud of it,
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especially how well he had wrapped it. He was
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showing it off. His brother -in -law, Josh, says,
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quote, he seemed to be very excited about the
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trip. Sometime between midnight and 1 a .m.,
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Khoi left his mother's room to go to bed. This
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would be the last time anyone saw him. So Saturday,
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April 7th, 2007. So like I said, sometime between
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midnight and 1 a .m., Khoi said goodnight. to
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his family and went to bed. Overnight, a storm
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moved through the area. It was a really bad storm.
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Lots of wind, rain, thunder. Conditions that
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would have made it difficult or even dangerous
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to be outside. The next morning, the family went
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to wake Khoi for the family trip. He wasn't in
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his room. At first, there was immediate confusion.
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Khoi had wandered off before. but only ever during
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the daytime and only ever in good weather. He
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often went on his bike, and he would always come
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home within a few hours. But this felt very different
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from the beginning. Khoi’s jacket, the one he
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always wore and his favorite jacket, was still
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hanging in the closet. His bicycle was still
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in the garage. The helmet was hanging with it.
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His brother -in -law, Josh, says, quote, The
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jacket he normally wears is hanging in his closet.
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His bike's still sitting in the garage and his
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helmet is still sitting there. It seems like
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he changed clothes sometime between going to
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bed and leaving the house. No one knows exactly
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what Khoi was wearing when he disappeared. There
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are no signs of forced entry to the home. By
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8 a .m., the family had called police to report
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him missing. When police are called, a search
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is launched almost immediately around the area
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of the home. It's truly believed at this point
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that Khoi had wandered off, even though it was
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unlike him to go in the middle of the night and
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to go in very bad weather. That didn't make sense
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to the family, but still, that was what police
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were operating under at first. So the first day,
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it appears that a search is done around the house,
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but no clues are found about Khoi. The next day,
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Sunday, April 8th, a large search began almost
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immediately at daybreak. Family, friends, local
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law enforcement agencies were all there to help
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cover area. Again, they focused on areas around
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the home. And they paid specific attention to
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areas where maybe somebody would hide or stay
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to... get out of the rain to stay dry or warm.
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So they focus on that, and they also ask the
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public to check their outbuildings and cars to
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see if Khoi maybe wandered into them to get out
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of the weather since it was so bad the night
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he disappeared. Still, after a full day of searching
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on Sunday, there's no evidence of what happened
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to Khoi, no sign of him. By Monday, April 9th,
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so this is three days that he's been missing,
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the search has expanded. The FBI joins the investigation
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officially. It's unclear exactly what prompts
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the FBI to join the investigation. According
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to police, the FBI offered their help and so
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they just accepted the extra manpower. Again,
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investigators stress to the public that they
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should check their own properties. In their backyard,
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sheds, outbuildings, parked cars, just to make
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sure that Khoi didn't wander into them. While
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investigators are working on searching different
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areas, Khoi’s family is working on getting his
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picture out there. So they pass out flyers, especially
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around Albertson's grocery stores. It was a place
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Khoi knew and a place that he was very familiar
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with. They believe that if he saw one, he would
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likely go to it and try to ask for help. Slowly,
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tips started coming in from the public. There
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were some possible sightings near an elementary
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school, but this didn't end up panning out, according
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to reports. There were also some reports of him
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in the greater Portland area. And again, police
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follow up, but they weren't able to verify if
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it's him. Police say, quote, there's nothing
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that indicates foul play at this point, but we
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won't rule it out. His family, however, is more
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and more concerned with each passing day. His
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brother -in -law, Josh, says, quote, we're trying
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to remain positive. It's difficult for the family
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because he needs help. He can't survive on his
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own. On Tuesday, April 10th, so this is four
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days now, the search continues. The FBI and local
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investigators began looking deeper, questioning
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registered sex offenders in the area. They also
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explored whether Khoi could have had any contact
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online. While his family had never taught him
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how to use a computer, there was one in the home,
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so it was an avenue they were looking at. Other
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teams sent divers into nearby ponds to search
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them. And still nothing. Sergeant Tim Bieber
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says, quote, It's certainly concerning that it's
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gone so long, with so many experienced investigators
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working on this. The next day, Wednesday, April
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11th, so five days now, no confirmed sightings.
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All of the tips seem to have dried up. Again,
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Sergeant Tim Bieber says, quote, it's day number
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five and we're very concerned. We're all waiting
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for the phone call saying, hey, we've got something
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big here. But the phone call never comes. The
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search continues for days after this, but the
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next real big development comes on Sunday, April
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22nd. So it's been 16 days that Khoi has been
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missing. And the family and investigators announced
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that there's now a $1 ,000 reward for information
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leading to Khoi. A few days after this, on Friday,
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April 27th, so 21 days, three weeks, Khoi has
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been missing, investigators officially reclassified
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the case as a criminal investigation. Sergeant
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Tim Bieber says, quote, if he just walked away
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and was just a missing person, he probably would
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have turned up by now. or some evidence of where
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he was at would have turned up by now. Police
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revealed that they were speaking to a person
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of interest, but they don't release a name. They
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also confirmed that all registered sex offenders
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within a two -mile radius of Khoi’s home had been
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ruled out. The next day, Saturday, April 28th,
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so 22 days Khoi has been missing, Police continue
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questioning this person of interest, but refuse
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to release a name or identity, or even to confirm
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if it's just one person or maybe multiple people
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that they're talking to. Again, police say, quote,
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After this amount of time, it looks more and
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more like there's something more to this case.
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There's definitely something wrong, and we have
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to assume it's criminal in nature. Khoi’s family,
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however, is left in limbo. The family says, quote,
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It's another stressor in life. It's good sometimes,
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and it's rough sometimes. We're all wondering,
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we're hoping, we're distraught and frustrated.
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In June of 2007, so two months Khoi has been missing,
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the reward was increased to $5 ,000, but still
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no real developments in the case. In January
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of 2008, so nine months Khoi has been missing,
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investigators began to say publicly what many
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had feared. that they believe Khoi Dang Vu was
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the victim of a homicide, even though they still
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have never found his body or any evidence. At
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some point, according to investigators in Clark
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County, detectives came to believe that Khoi's
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body may have been disposed of in a dumpster,
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one that was later taken to a landfill near Boardman,
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Oregon. How this information comes about in Khoi's
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case is never really made clear. by investigators
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or that I could find. And that's really the last
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update we get. Over the years, Khoi’s case has
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been in the media, but no real developments,
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no suspects have ever been named. And his body
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has never been found. So if you know anything
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about the disappearance of Khoi Dang Vu or his
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whereabouts today, please call the Clark County
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Sheriff's Office at 564 -397 - So that is the
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missing person case of Khoi Dang Vu. When I first
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discovered Khoi's case, I was really shocked
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about how little information there was, but at
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the same time how there seemed to be a lot of
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details in the case. So it kind of seemed like
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there was this kind of juxtaposition of... kind
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of this known answer of what happened to him
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but without having a lot of details around the
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case. So that's something that I was really confused
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by and wanted to try to sort out for myself which
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is why I really wanted to look into this case
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and then I knew it was a case that I wanted to
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bring to Cold and Missing. It fits right into
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all the other cases that we cover here. It is
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a more unique missing person case and that police
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do believe very firmly here that it is a homicide
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and even seem to have an idea of what happened,
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but no body and still is classified as a missing
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person case slash homicide case. Very interesting
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overall. And then, you know, hand in hand with
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wanting to know more about this case, it's just
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also the tragedy of this case for this family.
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Khoi was someone who needed his family and needed
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the support of his family to really thrive the
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way that he was. He was living such an incredible
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life, it seems like. He was involved in his community.
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He was out. He'd ride his bike all over the place,
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enjoyed meeting new people. And it seemed like
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the community kind of watched out for him and
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knew how to talk to him and, you know, understand
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him. So he was really in such a supportive place
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and seemed to be thriving. And because he was
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deaf and had developmental disabilities, the
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support of his family is so crucial in his ability
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to thrive and for him to be taken away from his
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family, from his support, from his community.
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It just seems cruel on such a level that feels
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um more rare it just it it really leaves me almost
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speechless it I'm having trouble finding words
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to describe how tragic and just evil it feels
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like that somebody would go after Khoi and create
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harm in his world it's yeah it really almost
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leaves me speechless quite truly. But it leaves
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me with a lot of questions as well. So just to
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kind of get into some of the questions that I
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know I have in this timeline and just to talk
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about that a little deeper, I am very interested
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if I could sit down and kind of know anything
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about this case, about how this case shifts.
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It's really about at that three -week mark that
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that's when investigators you know, shifted to
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a criminal investigation. And part of that makes
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a lot of sense. You know, their rationale in
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the beginning, they say that it's because, you
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know, if he had wandered off, they would have
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found signs of him. I mean, they have seasoned
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investigators. They have the FBI resources. They
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would have found some sign of what happened to
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him. But from my understanding, no evidence was
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found of. where he went I mean what direction
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he could have even gone in it doesn't even seem
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like we know how he got out of the house the
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only thing we really know is you know he goes
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to bed between midnight and 1 a .m it does seem
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like it's closer to maybe 1 a .m that's how it's
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initially reported in the beginning and then
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they go to wake him up at around 8 a .m and he's
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gone his brother -in -law says that it does seem
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like He had changed clothes, but we never know
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what kind of clothes he was wearing. So I'd be
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very curious if we ever determined that. Did
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they go through his closet and see, you know,
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was a shirt missing that he always wore? What
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was missing from his closet if he did change
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clothes? Were any clothes missing from his closet?
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There is some reports that it looked like his
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bed had not been slept in. So that drives even
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more questions. Did he get into the bed that
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night at all? Did he get into his, it seems like
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he got into his room if he changed his clothes.
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So what happened in there? So many questions,
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so many questions. Police think that after, you
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know, about three weeks, they haven't found any
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evidence, something criminal must have happened.
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The family. believes that something criminal
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must have happened kind of from the beginning
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because it was so unlike him to leave the house
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in the middle of the night. Police say they have
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a person of interest that they're talking to
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around this same time. I'd be curious if police
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were ever able to rule that person out, if that's
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still a person of interest in this case. I'd
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be curious if anybody else has popped up over
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the years, you know, since 2007, 2008. Has anybody
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else come across police radar that could be responsible
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for this? And then, to me, it seems like one
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of the biggest questions is the bombshell that
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comes right at the end of the timeline, that
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it is a homicide investigation and police believe
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that Khoi’s body was placed in a dumpster and
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ultimately taken to a landfill. I tried to look
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for reports of if this landfill had ever been
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searched, and I couldn't find any media reporting
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that police searched the landfill. It doesn't
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mean that it didn't happen, but from my understanding,
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landfill searches tend to be very difficult and
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require a lot of, like, police presence, just
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like a lot of manpower to make them happen and
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to make them effective. You know, it is reported
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on by the media just because such a large police
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presence. But I couldn't find any reporting that
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they had ever gone out there from 2007, 2008,
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2009 to search the landfill for Khoi. It seems
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like they go out there like there's a prisoner
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who escapes years later, like in the 2015, 2016
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times. So they search the landfill for him. But
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that's really the only. time I could find the
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landfill being searched. So I would be curious
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to know if that ever happened in Khoi’s case.
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But really, even before all of that, I would
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be curious to know exactly where that information
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came from. Because while it's vague, it's also
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very specific of what happened. We don't have
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the specific details of maybe specifically what
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building or dumpster it could be but it's it's
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a pretty specific story of what happened to him
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and where did police get that story did that
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come from the person of interest did that come
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through a rumor mill like how how did that get
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to be part of his story that seems incredibly
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unclear to me I really tried to find What made
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police pivot to this story in those months, but
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I could not find anything outside of police just
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saying, this is what we believed happened. My
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hopes in this case, of course, my ultimate hope
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is that resources could be put towards Khoi’s
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case and they search the landfill. If that's
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where they think he is, then to me, I feel like
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let's put the resources to... bringing him home.
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Let's get him out of there and get him to his
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family and a place to rest. It feels so cruel
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to have an idea of where he may be, but just
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not doing it. And maybe it's really naive of
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me to think that it can be done. I know it would
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be very difficult to find his body if that's
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where it is, but it seems cruel and unfair to
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not even try. I think his family deserves the
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effort of at least trying. And, you know, it's
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like every passing day, it just is going to make
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it more and more difficult. So ultimately, that's
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my hope in this case is that resources are put
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to bring him home. If we have an idea of where
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he's at, that that's what we do. And then if
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we're not able to do that, if we can't. get him
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out of there and bring him home then let's put
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the resources to bringing justice to his case
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a homicide happened here someone very vulnerable
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it seems like was taken out of their home the
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night before a family trip and murdered so if
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someone is responsible for that then they should
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be held accountable for that and I do just want
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to stress because police say that this is a homicide.
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That's what they say. Looking at, you know, the
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Clark County government website on Khoi’s case,
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they say it's a homicide. So it's not like they
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think that this was an accident where Khoi wandered
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off in the night and then the bad weather hit.
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So he needed to get out of the rain and he got
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into a dumpster. you know, somehow suffocated
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or was crushed, killed in an accident manner.
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That's not what police are saying happened here.
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Very firmly, I think they're saying that's not
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what happened here. They do believe that it's
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homicide in nature. Khoi is a missing person.
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We do not have his body. He has not come home
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to his family. And ultimately, I think we just
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need to put resources towards this case. If we
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can't bring him home, then let's get... justice
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for him. Let's have somebody answer for what
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they did because this is a heinous and cruel
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crime what happened to Khoi. So again if you know
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anything about the disappearance of Khoi Dang
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Vu in April of 2007 or his whereabouts today
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please call the Clark County Police at 564 -397
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-2036. We will have some pictures of Khoi on our
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Instagram, at coldandmissing. If you're not,
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please follow us there. We always post the cases
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that we're covering, of course, but then in our
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happening in the here and now, we always share
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as they come across the feed. So it's just a
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really good resource for what's happening kind
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of in the true crime community. And if we ever
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need to take a week off, of course, we'll update
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I believe it's advocacy work. So thank you. But
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