Ho '09 found in San Francisco - Updated: 10:22 p.m.

Wei Ho ’09, who had been missing since the early morning hours of Oct. 31, has been found “safe and unharmed” in San Francisco, according to a campus safety alert issued Tuesday afternoon.

Ho was found by the San Francisco Police Department, which Public Safety contacted after its investigation revealed that Ho was in the San Francisco area, the alert said, adding that “there was no foul play involved in this case and Ho’s parents are now with him in San Francisco.”

The computer science concentrator from Chamblee, Ga., was located around noon Tuesday, Public Safety director Steven Healy said.

Public Safety issued an alert on Saturday requesting information on Ho’s whereabouts from the campus community.

While Public Safety has previously conducted missing persons investigations, issuing a campus-wide alert was unusual, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ’96 said in an interview on Sunday.

“We deal with folks who are concerned about their friends’, family members’ and colleagues’ and peers’ [whereabouts] all the time. Usually the person contacts the folks who are concerned about them after a certain amount of time,” Healy said.

“One of the things that was different about this case was a prolonged time of no contact with his family members,” he explained.

Healy said that Ho’s whereabouts were tracked by various means, though he declined to discuss specifically how he was found.

“It was good investigative work,” he said, adding that members of his department as well as other University administrators were involved in locating Ho.

While the original alert expressed concern for Ho’s safety, he traveled to San Francisco of his own will and was found unharmed, Healy said.

“[We are] very pleased and relieved that we have found out where he is and that he has been reunited with the folks who care about him most,” Healy added.