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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 159802" data-attributes="member: 96">That was the Egbert story.&nbsp; Egbert was a 16-year-old college student at Michigan State University.&nbsp; At Mich State there was a group of people who played &quot;live action&quot; D&amp;D down in the steam tunnels, and apparently Egbert was one of them.JDE was also a genius (but described as 'socially retarded' by professors), either bi- or homosexual, suicidally depressed, and a habitual user of drugs, who was under an incredible amount of stress from his parents to do well.&nbsp; Somehow these factors don't come up in most reportings of the case.In any case, JDE vanished from his dorm room, and during the hunt, one detective seized on the idea that D&amp;D was behind the disappearance - this is what got all the media attention, because he didn't want to publicize the drugs &amp; sex angles.In fact, JDE had attempted suicide, survived, and gone to hide out at the house of a friend - threatening to commit suicide if the police were told of his location.&nbsp; When the each became too much, he left townand went to New Orleans for a while, where eventually the detective tracked him down, befriended him, and convinced him to return home.JDE asked the detective to not mention his sexuality or drugs, so that his family, especially his brother, would not suffer because of it - so the detective couldn't really rescind what he said until much later, after JDE's brother was out of school.&nbsp; By that time, of course, the media didn't care about setting the story straight.Unfortunately, the problems James had were still affecting him.&nbsp; He dropped out of school, moved in with another man, and about a year after the disappearance he committed suicide.So really, D&amp;D was peripheral to the entire story - it got seized upon because it was new and sensational. Hope that helped, Dr. M!J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 159802, member: 96"] That was the Egbert story. Egbert was a 16-year-old college student at Michigan State University. At Mich State there was a group of people who played "live action" D&D down in the steam tunnels, and apparently Egbert was one of them. JDE was also a genius (but described as 'socially retarded' by professors), either bi- or homosexual, suicidally depressed, and a habitual user of drugs, who was under an incredible amount of stress from his parents to do well. Somehow these factors don't come up in most reportings of the case. In any case, JDE vanished from his dorm room, and during the hunt, one detective seized on the idea that D&D was behind the disappearance - this is what got all the media attention, because he didn't want to publicize the drugs & sex angles. In fact, JDE had attempted suicide, survived, and gone to hide out at the house of a friend - threatening to commit suicide if the police were told of his location. When the each became too much, he left townand went to New Orleans for a while, where eventually the detective tracked him down, befriended him, and convinced him to return home. JDE asked the detective to not mention his sexuality or drugs, so that his family, especially his brother, would not suffer because of it - so the detective couldn't really rescind what he said until much later, after JDE's brother was out of school. By that time, of course, the media didn't care about setting the story straight. Unfortunately, the problems James had were still affecting him. He dropped out of school, moved in with another man, and about a year after the disappearance he committed suicide. So really, D&D was peripheral to the entire story - it got seized upon because it was new and sensational. Hope that helped, Dr. M! J [/QUOTE]

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