Dateline NBC

At the Edge of Town

Mar 9, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Pravin's Disappearance

  • Pravin Varughese, a 19-year-old college sophomore, went missing after a party.
  • His family organized searches and offered a reward, eventually finding his body in the woods.
ANECDOTE

Initial Police Theory

  • Initially, police believed Pravin froze to death due to intoxication and the cold weather.
  • However, his mother, Lovely, noticed injuries inconsistent with this explanation.
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Conflicting Reports

  • Lovely hired a pathologist who found blunt force trauma, contradicting the police report.
  • The official autopsy confirmed hypothermia as the cause of death but also revealed Pravin had no alcohol in his blood.
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