What the record says
Sunil Tripathi (died March 16, 2013) was an American student who went missing on March 16, 2013. His disappearance received widespread media attention after he was wrongfully accused by Reddit users to be a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. Tripathi had been missing for a month by the time of the attack, which took place on April 15.
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