The missing American student in France still has no known about his son, Kenneth DeLand Sr., a lawyer tells CNN

Just days before he was supposed to come home for Christmas, an American college student studying in France is still missing as his father challenged the local prosecutor’s claims about his son.

The student’s father, Kenneth DeLand Sr., said his son was scheduled to return to the US on December 17. His father said that the student liked to go hiking, but he would always keep in touch.

CNN was able to obtain a statement from the prosecutor that says that an investigation was started after he was reported missing.

The young man told people that he had arrived inFrance underprepared, and was having difficulty making friends, according to the statement.

“I just challenge that French prosecutor – he doesn’t know our son,” Kenneth DeLand told CNN on Tuesday. He said the prosecutor was “making statements based on a person he does not know.”

The host mother of DeLand Jr. spoke with CNN on the condition that she did not want to ruin her privacy, and she said that DeLand seemed to have the most trouble fitting in.

The privacy act of France has prevented the release of certain information. He has reached out to authorities at both the embassy in Israel and the authorities in France, but hasn’t gotten much luck.

“There’s no reciprocation of information. That privacy act prevents disclosure of information. They can give you some information, but not everything, Kenneth DeLand told CNN.

Interaction between the university campus community and the French authorities when a US citizen is missing in France and how to help the student’s father

“I’ve called the local police departments, and the same thing is in effect in the French police departments that are local to that area in which he was last seen. It is very limiting.

The state department is aware of reports of a US citizen missing in France, a spokesman told CNN on Monday. They did not provide further details.

They said they work closely with local authorities when a US citizen is missing, and they share information with families.

“University officials have stayed in close contact with the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) who is working with local law enforcement on the search, as well as Kenneth’s family to offer support to them during this time. Our campus community remains hopeful that Kenneth will be found safe and return home,” the school said.

A student and his father have been interviewed by media outlets, the student’s father told CNN. With your help and the help of others, we can get the word out there.

The woman who hosted an American college student studying in France before he went missing told CNN she thinks he may have left voluntarily – a claim echoed by a French prosecutor.

The student’s father said he felt there was not an urgent enough response from the authorities and that he did not think that was the case.

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She told CNN that when she hadn’t heard from DeLand, she inundated him with messages trying to figure out where he was but he did not reply. Finding out about the December 3 footage was reassuring, she said, because she felt it confirmed her suspicions he may have left and cut off communications voluntarily.

On Wednesday night, DeLand Sr. said he felt there wasn’t enough urgency in the way authorities were responding to his son’s case, saying “it just feels like the wind has gone out of the sail as far as what’s being done to find my son.”