Missing Norwegian tourist found in Lexington shelter

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Mar 22, 2000 Source: The Associated Press Submitted By: An international police search for a young Norwegian tourist ended when the 21-year-old woman was found safe at a shelter. Assistant Lexington Police Chief Fran Root said Randi Kloeve was unharmed and no crimes were associated with her disappearance from New York last month. Police put Kloeve on a plane Friday night to New York, headed back to Norway. Suspicions of foul play led to the search by the international police agency known as Interpol, the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the FBI, and the New York City Police. Kloeve, studying at an Oslo school to be a librarian, had not been heard from since late February, when she e-mailed her family that she was having a good time on vacation. At the time, she was staying at a New York City hotel. Lexington police found Kloeve at a local shelter Friday after receiving a tip from international authorities that she could be in the area, said Root, who declined to specify where she was found. Authorities say they aren’t sure why Kloeve came to Lexington. But Root confirmed that police received information that she might have been interested in Lexington because it is the hometown of Brian Littrell, a singer in the popular group, The Backstreet Boys. She apparently was unaware that her family was searching for her, said Eivind Homme, press counselor for the Norwegian Embassy in Washington D.C. Comment on this item. Next Item: What's His Name Again? Prev Item: Who Wants to Be a Pop Idol?