"Tulane University freshman Jeremy Houk went to a Mardi Gras party one Friday and never returned to his dorm room. He disappeared sometime after midnight, very early on March 1, 2003 -- just a few weeks before his 19th birthday. ... Houk, whose hometown is Seattle, WA, was last spotted leaving a fraternity party on Zimple Street near the Uptown section of New Orleans. ... No one knew anything. No one saw anything. ... Tall, handsome and smart, Jeremy Houk was a high school debate champion with everything to live for. Jeremy's mother, Gina Marie Lindsey, hired private investigators and got the FBI involved. ... ''I don't want to overreact, but for heaven's sake, it's 12 days later and there's no sign of this kid,'' Lindsey said. ''Mardi Gras is over, spring break is over and classes started yesterday. I'm very, very worried.'' ... In April, a woman claimed to have seen Jeremy on a streetcar the morning after his disappearance. ''He was dazed, looked confused, possibly drunk, but did not really know where he was and he was lying down on the seat of a streetcar,'' she told police. ... But nothing came of that report or any other tips. ... Then on May 14, New Orleans police announced that the student's body had washed up on the banks of the Mississippi River. ... "
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