SNC student missing after trip to SoCal

By Jack Perry, Providence Journal

Dianne Thacher

Dianne Thacher

A sheriff’s office in California is asking for help in finding a 23-year-old college student from Rhode Island.

Dianne Thacher’s family has not heard from her since Oct. 5, and the family reported her missing Oct. 11, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

Thacher, who is from South Kingstown and a student at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, was reportedly in the Santa Barbara area to meet friends and was last seen checking out of a motel on Oct. 6.

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