LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A federal judge says he hopes to decide in August whether to dismiss a lawsuit against Nebraska college officials over the disappearance of a 19-year-old student.
Peru State College student Tyler Thomas disappeared in 2010. A death certificate was issued for Thomas in 2013, though her body hasn't been found.
Her family filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against the Nebraska State College Board of Trustees, which governs Peru State, and a man who was suspected in Thomas' disappearance. The board is requesting the suit's dismissal.
The 29-year-old man, who had attended Peru State, told authorities that he and Thomas had met before she went missing. He isn't charged in her disappearance and is currently serving a prison sentence for an unrelated sexual assault conviction.
© Associated Press
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