Martin Investigative Services was hired to investigate the case of Derek Seehausen, a 26-year-old medical student that went missing on or about August 5, 2014.

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Missing USC student may have been seen

By Arin Mikailian

A 26-year-old USC medical student who went missing in August might have been spotted on a Los Angeles bus last week, according to several surveillance images shown by a private investigator.

Derek Seehausen, a Los Angeles resident, was last seen shortly after midnight on Aug. 6 walking in the 2000 block of Alvarado Street in the Echo Park area, according to his family and private investigator Thomas Martin.

The Los Angeles Police Department initially reported Seehausen was last seen in Glendale, but that information has since been corrected.

Martin said at 10:34 p.m. on Aug. 5, Seehausen withdrew $200 from an ATM and bought milk and cereal from a Vons near his apartment in the 1000 block of Bonnie Brae Street in the Echo Park/Westlake area.

At 11:54 p.m., he made a payment of $2,999 over his iPhone to a friend to whom he owed money, just minutes before his final confirmed sighting, Martin said.

At a press conference on Friday, the private investigator showed three surveillance photos taken Sept. 5 that show a man resembling Seehausen riding a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles. The man who looks like Seehausen was first spotted by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies who were searching for a sexual-assault suspect who was groping women, Martin said.

Jean Gadra, Seehausen’s mother, was also at the press conference and said a void has been left in her family since her son’s disappearance.

She said she spoke with him about his upcoming graduation just days before he went missing. Seehausen was also described by his mother as someone who was very athletic and enjoyed the outdoors.

“We don’t understand this at all,” said Gadra, who was making her first public appearance since her son disappeared. “If you took 1,000 people, Derek would be the last person in line to do this.”

Shuhan He, a friend and classmate, said he had spoken to Seehausen just days before he went missing and they were making plans for the weekend.

Martin said Seehausen may have also been spotted as recently as Sept. 10 walking the Pacific Coast Highway in Solana Beach.

The person who provided the tip reported seeing the individual shuffling as he walked, which could be attributed to a foot condition Seehausen suffers from, Martin said.

Seehausen is 6 feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a light-colored T-shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact Los Angeles Police Department’s Adult Missing Persons Unit at (213) 996-1800.

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Strange Details Emerge About The USC Medical Student Who Went Missing Over A Month Ago

By Jean Trinh

More details about a USC medical student’s disappearance more than a month ago were revealed today in a press conference on campus.

Although 26-year-old Derek Seehausen was reported to be last seen in Echo Park on August 5, there have been a couple of recent potential sightings of the fourth-year medical student—and his family believes he may be in San Diego.

Someone had tipped off LAPD on Sept. 10 that a man who resembled Seehausen was shuffling on Pacific Coast Highway between Solana Beach and Cardiff by the Sea. Private investigator Thomas Martin said that he believed that was him because Seehausen has plantar fasciitis, a painful disorder that affects the heel of a foot. A family spokesperson told NBC San Diego that Seehausen often visited San Diego, had friends out there, and surfed at Mission Beach often.

L.A. County Sheriff’s department deputies reported to the LAPD that they may have spotted Seehausen on a Metro bus on Sept. 5. They had been reviewing surveillance video on the bus looking for a suspect accused of sexually assaulting people on a Los Angeles bus when they spotted a man on the bus that fit Seehausen’s description.

Initially, Seehausen was last seen in Echo Park on August 5. His family has surveillance video from a Vons on Alvarado Street, where Seehausen is seen taking $200 cash out from an ATM there at 10:34 p.m. Martin said Seehausen was later seen returning keys to a friend’s house on the 1000 block of Wilshire Boulevard. Seehausen also made a payment of $2,999 off of his iPhone to a friend he owed money to, though that is not considered a factor in his disappearance. Martin does not suspect foul play. The last sighting of him was at 12:02 a.m. that night heading on foot on the 2000 block of Alvarado Street.

When Seehausen had disappeared, his family initially was afraid that he was suicidal. But they still find the timing of his vanishing bizarre. His mother, Jean Godra, said at the press conference that just a week before her son, who was an avid outdoorsman, disappeared, he posted a happy video on Facebook of him scuba diving. He emailed her soon after, telling her about dates for his spring graduation and his Christmas plans.

“As you can imagine…this is an unimaginable nightmare for our family,” Godra said. “We don’t understand it. It isn’t at all—if you took a thousand people—Derek would be the last person to do this.”

Martin, Godra and Seehausen’s close friend, Shuhan He, described him as an athletic man who was at the top of his class and loved by everyone, including his peers. He said he talked to Seehausen three days before he went missing, and said they were making plans for the next weekend to go to a dinner party and watch a movie. When He got a call from the school administrator on August 8 that Seehausen hadn’t attended class in a couple of days, he found that to be strange since Seehausen was so studious.

“Med school is a difficult place, but he was someone who handled it well,” He said. “This was not something in character for him.”

Seehausen’s family and friends set up a website HelpFindDerek.com in hopes of finding him. Martin said that he still believes that Seehausen is still alive and that no law enforcement from the missing persons unit has said he is dead.

Seehausen is 6 feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes, and has a burn scar on his right arm. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, a maroon t-shirt and tan shorts.

Anyone with information on Seehausen’s whereabouts is asked to contact the LAPD Adult Missing Person Unit at (213) 996-1800.

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Missing USC student reportedly sighted in San Diego County

By Kestine Thiele

Derek Adam Seehausen, a 26-year-old fourth-year medical student at USC who has been missing since Aug. 5, was allegedly seen on Sept. 10, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

A tip to LAPD on Sept. 10 described a man matching Seehausen’s description shuffling on the Pacific Coast Highway near Solana Beach, California. Seehausen has plantar fasciitis, a painful disorder affecting the heel and underside of the foot, which private investigator Thomas Martin, who was hired by Seehausen’s family, attributes to his gait.

Seehausen was also reportedly sighted on Sept. 5, when an LAPD officer, while searching for a sexual assailant, reported he saw a man on foot with similar characteristics to Seehausen.

At a press conference on Sept. 12 at USC’s Health Sciences campus, Jean Godra, Seehausen’s mother, made her first public appearance since her son’s disappearance. Godra said Seehausen posted a video of himself scuba diving through kelp on Facebook a week before he went missing. Her son also called her around the same time to tell her the dates of Keck School of Medicine’s spring graduation and ask about Christmas plans.

“This is an unimaginable nightmare for our family. We don’t understand it. If you took a thousand people, Derek would be the last person that you would think would do this,” Godra said.

After Seehausen had not attended class in two days, fellow students started to suspect that something was wrong. With the help of Martin, Seehausen’s family has photos of possible sightings and believes that he is still alive. Martin said that he hasn’t talked to any law enforcement officers who think that Seehausen is deceased.

At 10:34 p.m. on Aug. 5, Seehausen was caught on tape at a Vons ATM withdrawing $200. Later that night at 11:54 p.m., Seehausen made a $2,999 payment to a friend via his iPhone. He was last seen at 12:02 a.m. Aug. 6 on foot northbound on Alvarado Street.

Martin said that no foul play is suspected. He does not believe there is any connection between the payment and Seehausen’s disappearance.

A family member told NBC San Diego that Seehausen has ties in San Diego County, where Solana Beach is located, and is a frequent visitor to the area. Seehausen supposedly was planning to visit his best friend in San Diego during the time of his disappearance. He has also been known to surf at nearby Mission Beach.

Shuhan He, a close friend and USC student who spoke at the press conference, described Seehausen as intelligent, athletic and resourceful. He said Seehausen was top of his class and very motivated. He said he last spoke to Seehausen three days before his disappearance about plans for the weekend.

Seehausen’s family and friends run a website, helpfindderek.com, hoping to expand their search by reaching out to the public for help.

Seehausen is about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. According to the Los Angeles Times, he was last seen wearing a black sweater, maroon T-shirt, plaid shorts and colorful shoes. He has a distinct 5 cm flesh-colored scar on his right arm. Those with any information are asked to contact the Los Angeles Police Department Adult Missing Person Unit at 213-996-1800.

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Family, friends desperate to find missing USC medical student

By Jenna Chandler

Tara Perry said she watched Derek Seehausen bust dorky dance moves as he flirted with women Aug. 5 at a Hollywood nightclub. Three days later, Erin Meisel said she said “hi” to him in passing at the hospital where they worked.

“He was smiling and having fun,” Perry said. “That‘s what’s saddening to us. I don’t know if there was something else to notice.”

The two women were among the last friends to talk with Seehausen – a top student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC – before he disappeared.

He was last seen on surveillance footage, shortly after midnight Aug. 6, walking by a 76 gas station on the 200 block of Alvarado Street with $200 and his driver’s license. He has been missing now for more than a month.

“It’s just as bizarre to me as it is to you,” said Shuhan He, a friend and classmate.

Some friends speculated that Seehausen wanted to vanish, perhaps stressed by the rigors of medical school and the looming transition into residency.

They said he loved hiking and camping in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains. He was fit too – recently placing fifth in his age group for an Iron Man competition at Lake Placid and climbing Half Dome in sandals. It is plausible, they said, that he retreated into the wilderness.

“He’s extraordinary determined,” said his mother, Jean Gadra. “That’s why we’ve said if was planning to do this, he of course did a good job.”

In high school, Seehausen would wash dishes after family meals and remember family members’ birthdays without prompting, she said.

“I cannot imagine him doing this to his family,” she added.

Whatever the reason, private investigator Thomas Martin says he believes that Seehausen is alive.

Seehausen’s family and friends are desperate to find him.

“As you can all imagine, this is an unimaginable nightmare for our family,” Gadra said. “If you knew Derek, he’d be the last person to do this. We love him, and we want him back.”

Gadra said that shortly before he vanished, Seehausen, who grew up in Philadelphia, was making plans with family to celebrate his graduation in the spring. He posted a video of himself to his Facebook page scuba diving in kelp, “hamming it up with a lobster.”

“Derek was full of life … he said he was living the dream in California, and I knew we’d never get him back,” she said.

Asking the public to join their search, she said, “is our best and last hope finding our son.”

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Missing USC Med Student Derek Seehausen Reportedly Sighted Near SD

By Campus Circle Staff

Updated on Sept. 15, 2014: The Daily Trojan reports missing USC med student Derek Seehausen may have been spotted “shuffling” on Pacific Coast Highway near Solana Beach, Calif. The 26-year-old reportedly has a friend in San Diego and was planning to visit the friend around the time of his disappearance.

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The family of USC medical student Derek Seehausen held a press conference Friday morning at the university’s medical school to discuss a possible sighting of the 26-year-old who was last seen on Aug. 5.

CBS Los Angeles reports private investigator Thomas Martin said, “A photo released by LAPD on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, of a man on a metro LA bus bearing striking resemblance to Derek has fueled a sense of urgency to locate the missing student.”

The LAPD states Seehausen was last seen leaving an apartment in the 400 block of West Glenoaks Boulevard in Glendale.

Seehausen’s family created HelpFindDerek.com to raise awareness about his disappearance and seek the public’s help. The site states the student was last seen wearing plaid shorts, a maroon shirt and sneakers. He’s 6 feet, weighs 180 pounds, and has hazel eyes and brown hair.

Anyone with information regarding Seehausen is asked to contact the LAPD Adult Missing Person Unit at (213)-996-1800, LAPD Rampart Division at (213) 484-3400 or USC police at (213) 740-6000.