Misrach Ewunetie, a junior at Princeton University in New Jersey, went missing on Friday. A missing complaint was filed by the university on Monday prompting a search operation.

“As part of the continuing efforts to locate missing undergraduate student Misrach Ewunetie ’24, there is an increased law enforcement presence on and around campus today including the use of a helicopter, drones and watercraft,” the university said in an update Wednesday morning.

The university urged anyone with information about Ewunetie’s disappearance to contact the Department of Public Safety.

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Ewunetie’s brother told local media that the situation was “a nightmare that I cannot wake up from.”

“That’s the last place her phone pinged,” brother Universe Equnetie, 20, told the Sun. “It’s very unlike her to turn off her phone, kids these days don’t turn off their phones, they love their phones.”

Ewunetie was last seen around 3 a.m. near a residential building on the New Jersey campus, the university said.

Officials said Ewunetie has black hair, brown eyes and a light brown complexion. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds.

She was volunteering at one of the school’s 11 eating clubs Thursday night. Terrace Club President Alexander Maravcsik told the student newspaper The Daily Princetonian that Ewunetie was a member on “duty” doing housekeeping work during a live music performance at the eating club.

“On Thursday night, one of our members who was initially signed up for duty was unable to attend our event, and Misrach volunteered to cover their shift. After the club had closed and all of the duty responsibilities had been fulfilled, Misrach — as well as the other members on duty — left for the night,” Maravcsik wrote to the paper.

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She was a 2020 graduate of the Minds Matter Cleveland program. She was also a 2020 honors graduate of The Villa St. Angela – St. Joseph High School, according to a statement from the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.

“We are praying for her swift and safe return,” a statement from Deacon James Armstrong read.