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RI Native Missing in California
Dianne Thacher was last heard from more than a week ago after she left her Nevada college to visit friends in Santa Barbara.
A Rhode Island native is missing after visiting a friends in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Dianne Thacher, 23, is a native of South Kingstown and was graduated from The Prout School in 2010.
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Currently a student at Sierra Nevada College in Nevada, Tacher’s mother said she was last heard from more than a week ago.
The Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s Department is investigating Thacher’s disappearance.
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Police said her car was found on a street in Goleta, a city in southern Santa Barabara County, and was impounded.
Thacher is blonde with blue eyes and stands 5 feet, 5 inches tall.
Thacher was last seen on Oct. 5 and her family is very worried.
If you have any information, call Santa Barbara police at 1-805-897-2300.
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