Dwight Clark Missing

Freshman Dwight A. Clark, 18, was reported missing Sunday night. He was last seen leaving a party in the 1000 block of Indian Street at around 2 a.m Sunday, Sept. 26.

Clark, who is from Auburn, lives on campus and did not return to his campus dormitory. Police said they don't believe a crime has been committed but are asking the public's help in locating Clark. Anyone with information concerning his location is asked to call 911.

Clark was last seen leaving a party at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. According to police investigators, a blank text message was sent from his cell phone at around 2:40 a.m. from downtown Bellingham.

Despite the massive outpouring of volunteers who have helped search for Clark, this is all Bellingham officials know so far, according to Kiro TV. A $14,000 reward has been offered to those who can give police information about Clark's whereabouts.

Students received a mass e-mail alert around lunchtime that a body had been found by the log pond at the former Georgia-Pacific site downtown. A second alert said Bellingham Police had preliminarily identified the body as that of Clark, 18, who had gone missing after an off-campus party early Sept. 26.

"It's upsetting definitely, but it's also hard to know how to feel," said freshman Meagan Howard, who lives in Nash Hall. She didn't know Clark, an Auburn resident who had been living in Nash Hall for about a week before his disappearance. "There's a kid that was here, and now he's not. It's heavy stuff to be dealing with, with only being in school for three weeks."