Pravin Varughese was an Indian American college student attending Southern Illinois University in 2014 when he went missing. His body was found days later in a wooded area off of Route 13 in Carbondale. His body was covered in bruises and scratches, he looked as if he had been beaten up and left for dead, but local law enforcement reported that there was no foul play suspected, and that Pravin had been drunk when he ran into the woods, got lost, and then died from hypothermia. The police questioned a young man named Gaege Bethune who admitted to having been the last person to see Pravin alive, he also admitted to hitting him in the face. Gaege was never arrested, or considered a person of interest in this case, even though he lied to Carbondale police about multiple things, and changed his story several times. Gaege Bethune was found guilty of murdering Pravin in 2018, but a judge later vacated his sentence due to a "syntax error". We are asking for help from those who have the power to do so. We would like to see the jury’s guilty verdict stand, because that is how our justice system is supposed to work. The Varughese family has experienced nothing but gaslighting and roadblocks from day one.
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