Authorities in Israel are investigating the disappearance of a University of Kentucky sophomore this past weekend.
TeNiya Jones, 19, of Fort Myers, Florida, was last seen in Tel Aviv where she reportedly went for a midnight swim with friends, according to reports from her hometown paper, the Fort Myers News-Press.
The Islamic studies minor at UK had just returned from a seven-week exchange program in Jordan, and had stopped off in Tel Aviv for the weekend before returning home.
According to the News-Press, Jones’ mother was contacted Saturday night by Bill Bull, vice president for health and safety for the Council on International Educational Exchange, which offered the study abroad program in Jordan. He said Jones had gone for a midnight swim with two others when they were caught in a rip current. All three swam for shore, but Jones was not found when the others emerged from the water.
Police are searching for her.
Bull did not comment further when reached by Community on Monday, except to say that he was awaiting a call from the U.S. embassy in Israel.
“This is an active issue,” he said.