Utah Man Missing Since 2004 Believed to Be in North Korea with a Wife and Kids

Utah Man Missing Since 2004 Believed to Be in North Korea with a Wife and Kids
David Sneddon Family photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A Utah man who went missing in 2004 while hiking in China may have been kidnapped and taken to North Korea to teach English, according to a Yahoo Japan report. He may have even been a teacher for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

David Sneddon, a former BYU student, now believed to have a wife and two children, lives in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, the report said. His family, who lives in Providence, Utah, learned about the development via Yahoo Japan, as reported by Utah’s Deseret News.

In 2004, when he was 24, Sneddon vanished while hiking in China’s Yunnan Province. At the time, authorities told his parents that he had likely drowned and died, but they were skeptical, as his body was never recovered.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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