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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline FEBRUARY 18, 2022 | The Indian Eye 28

Seattle police search for Amazon

employee who has gone missing from

his apartment building

Saurabh Gupte in the condo near Western Avenue and Denny Way. His wife and

4-month-old baby were still home at the time

OUR BUREAU “There’s some hope that I can
find him, we will find him together.
Seattle, WA
He’s somewhere here and we will
aurabh Gupte, an Indian surely find with everyone’s help,”
American who works at Am- Shraddha said.
Sazon went down from his 6th The Seattle Police Department is
floor apartment in Trio Condos investigating and asking anyone with
in Seattle to throw trash on Mon- information on Gupte’s disappear-
day morning, and never returned, ance to call 911, according to King 5.
according to local media reports. Gupte was last seen in flip flops and
“Something has happened,” his sweats. He left his phone and keys in
wife Shraddha Gupte was cited as the condo near Western Avenue and
saying by KIRO 7. “I don’t know Denny Way, according to King5. His
what happened but I’m requesting wife and 4-month-old baby were still
to everyone of you please please home at the time.
please help me.” “He loves me, he loves his fam-
Security cameras in the build- ily, he loves his parents, he loves his
ing captured Gupte, 34, in the baby. I don’t know how he just dis-
parking garage when he went down appeared. He’s not that kind of guy
after finishing a work meeting who would just walk away,” Shrad-
around noon, Shraddha said. He dha Gupte said.
then headed back to the 6th floor She said her husband is in good
to grab the trash and take it to the health, physically and mentally, and
chute down the hall. That was the there was nothing about him that
last time anyone saw him. worried her. “I just want everyone’s
“He’s really calm, simple and help to find my husband Saurabh,
kind guy,” said Shraddha. “He’s a he’s really very kind and friendly.
loving husband, loving son, he’s a lov- I want my Saurabh back, my baby
ing father. We just had a baby. He’s 4 wants his father back,” she said.
months old.” has no reason to believe he just left was quoted as saying. Now their fam- According to Seattle police, Sau-
At the time of his disappear- and is worried something may have ily and friends are posting signs and rabh Gupte is 5 feet 7 inches tall, and
ance, Gupte said her husband didn’t happened to him inside the Belltown raising awareness of Saurabh’s disap- weighs 180 pounds. He was last seen
have his keys wallet or phone with condominium, according to KIRO 7. pearance hoping that someone will wearing a dark brown t-shirt, dark
him, and all he was wearing was a “This is just a nightmare for all of us, recognize his photo and help reunite blue pants, and flip flops. “Please call
shirt, sweatpants and flip flops. She you know? Just a nightmare,” Gupte this family. 911 if seen,” SPD said in a tweet.

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