Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead

A sad end to a sad tale of reckless Internet rumors dogging a family in mourning

Sunil Tripathi had been missing since mid-March.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Brown University)

Rhode Island authorities confirmed Thursday that a body recovered this week from the Providence River is that of Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown University student whom Reddit's internet sleuths wrongly linked to the Boston Marathon bombing.

"We have confirmed the identity of the young man found in the water off India Point in Providence," Dara Chadwick, a Rhode Island Department of Health spokesperson, said Thursday.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.