He Wasn’t There Either

When the police arrived at the hostel, they would find out that David had never checked out of his room. In fact, all his things were still there like his backpack, and his unused plane ticket. It was said that he had been traveling with just a fanny pack, which his family had speculated had ‘a toothbrush, a Book of Mormon, and a travel guide.’ But given that all his things were untouched, even the money in his bank account hadn’t been used, everyone had to wonder, where was he?

Declaring Him Dead

Despite the lack of any major evidence, the Chinese authorities would tell the Sneddon family that their beloved David had fallen during his hike in the gorge and died. But given that there was no body to show for it, his family didn’t buy it. His folks even said, “We thought he was alive and we just didn’t now what happened to him, but we never thought of death.”