6B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005
Preparing to pay homage
Victor Calzada/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rodolfo Garcia affixes a wooden cross to a larger cross on the Mount Cristo Rey pilgrimage route Wednesday in Sunland Park, N.M. The annual pilgrimage to the cross atop the mount will take place Sunday.
Student confirmed dead
CRIME
Search ends in Mississippi
BY JAN DENNIS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORMAL, ill. — A body found in a burned-out chicken coop in Mississippi has been identified as that of an Illinois college student who disappeared two weeks ago, authorities said Wednesday.
"As far as the cause of death, we believe she was already deceased when the body was dropped off in Newton County (Mississippi)." Newton County Sheriff Jackie Knight said. "We have investigators from Illinois here with us but we believe the actual death took place in Illinois."
Dental records were used to identify the remains of 21-year-old Illinois State University senior Olamide Adeyoyoe, authorities said.
Police did not disclose the cause of death.
Knight said he was not aware of any signs of sexual abuse.
A native of Nigeria who
moved to suburban Chicago when she was 8, Adeyooye was last seen Oct. 13 at a video store near her apartment in Normal. Her car, a green 1996 Toyota Corolla, still was missing.
Normal police Lt. Mark Kotte said authorities were still investigating how Adeyoye ended up in Mississippi. But he added: "It is not an incident of somebody going around preying on college students."
The body was found Friday as workers cleaned up a chicken coop in Lake, Miss., where firefighters had put out a blaze four days earlier. The coop is about 60 miles from Interstate 55, which passes through Normal.
Nearly 40 investigators, including FBI agents, took part in the search. Her family and friends posted filers and sent out messages through Web sites and blogs.
Police still had no suspects.
"We still have a list of persons of interest and that hasn't really changed. We still have quite a few people that we need to talk to, and also people now that we will be reinterviewing," Kotte said.
David Proeber/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rick Paterala, an Illinois State University senior, reacts to news that his friend, missing ISU student Olamide Adeyoye, was confirmed dead Wednesday.
HURRICANE WILMA
Tourists struggle to get out of Cancun
BY WILL WEISSERT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CANCUN, Mexico — Thousands of desperate tourists stranded by Hurricane Wilma besieged airports and tour offices Wednesday as officials faced the challenge of evacuating 22,000 visitors with only 6,000 airline seats available out of Cancun.
While most of the flooding had receded and electricity
was slowly returning, frustrated tourists who had gone nearly a week without showering said they could relate to those who survived Hurricane Katrina.
"Now I know how those people in New Orleans felt," said Angela Benites, 48, of Mexico City. "Several days of desperation is no way to live."
As Cancun's half-million people struggled to clean up their flooded and wind-smashed homes and workplaces, crowds
of tourists surrounded airline offices. Some leapt and wept for iov when they could leave.
Benites was one of the few to be handed a coveted boarding pass at the Mexicana ticket office. "You feel as if your soul has returned to your body," she said after waiting in line since 4:30 a.m.
Still waiting was Beverly Gerg, 33, a university researcher from Canada's Prince Edward Island.
"I'm out of money, and if I can't get out today, I have nowhere to stay tonight," said Gerg, who went to the airport at 5 a.m. only to be sent back downtown to the Mexicana office for the boarding pass needed to even enter the airport premises.
"I don't understand why they don't get more flights going."
Officials set up makeshift airline counters at a high school where representatives worked to evacuate those left.
The grand jury's term expires on Friday, and the panel adjourned without announcing any charges. The administrative assistant to Thomas Hogan, the chief judge of U.S. District Court in the nation's capital, confirmed Hogan's
WASHINGTON — The prosecutor in the CIA leak probe had a confidential lunchtime meeting with a federal judge Wednesday after a grand jury listened to three hours of testimony in the case that has ensnared top White House aides.
NATION
No witnesses were seen going into the grand jury area, only Fitzgerald and his deputies.
Prosecutor and judge hold private meeting
The prosecutor is known to be putting the finishing touches on a two-year criminal investigation that has involved President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby.
meeting with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald.
The Associated Press
What: "Rock Chalking a Future with Habitat for Humanity"
A live and silent auction. Items include a Golden Tee arcade game,
an autographed 2005 KU basketball, an original Disney print, and
much more!
Who: Hosted by Panhellenic Association Interfraternity Council and Coca Cola
Where: University of Kansas Memorial Stadium Hill (between the stadium and the Campanile)
When: October 29th, 2005
Silent auction begins at 10 a.m. Live auction registration at 10:30 a.m. and live auction at 11 a.m.
For any questions or more information please contact Erin Cook at (785) 550-3078'or email at ecook@ku.edu.
Why: Helps fund the fourth "House that Greeks Built" Habitat for Humanity house in Lawrence.