“She Was Acting Strange…” — Classmate Breaks Silence as 21-Year-Old Student Disappears Without a Trace

College Student, 21, Vanishes After Not Showing Up for Class. ‘A Matter of Concern,’ Police Say

Officers are “actively working to locate” Brianna Arango, the Southern Methodist University Police Department said

Brianna Arango missing.

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Brianna Arango, a 21-year-old student at Texas’ Southern Methodist University, was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 12
She didn’t attend an afternoon class and failed to meet up with a relative
She was last seen on campus wearing a white shirt and blue sweatpants

A 21-year-old college student was reported missing in Texas earlier this week after she failed to show up for class, according to multiple local news outlets.

Brianna Arango, who attends Southern Methodist University, was last seen on campus on Thursday, Feb. 12, around 12:30 p.m. local time, near Harold Simmons Hall on Airline Road, Fox affiliate KDFW, CBS News and NBC affiliate KXAS reported.

The 21-year-old missed a class at 1 p.m., and her family became concerned when she failed to meet up with a relative as planned that afternoon.

By 3:30 p.m. that same day, relatives reported her missing, according to the outlets.

Arango was wearing a white shirt and blue sweatpants and had been carrying a beige tote bag.

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The Southern Methodist University Police Department told CBS News that officers were “actively working to locate Brianna and are treating this as a matter of concern.”

The private research university in Dallas has more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students, according to the school’s website. (A spokeswoman did not immediately provide further comment to PEOPLE.)

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Anyone with information about Arango’s disappearance is urged to call campus police at 214-768-3388.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 214-SMU-2TIP or online at www.smu.edu/2TIP.

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