ABC 4 New, KSL TV News, and Deseret News all reported on the congressional resolution to help bring David home. Follow the links below to watch the video reporting and read the articles on David and the resolution.
Rep. Chris Stewart and Sen. Mike Lee introduced a resolution in Congress for further investigation into the disappearance of David Sneddon.
You can read the full resolution here. Both members of Congress gave speeches while introducing the resolution. You can watch Rep. Chris Stewart’s speech here and Sen. Mike Lee’s speech here.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced aConcurrent Resolution on behalf of David Sneddon, a Brigham Young University student who went missing in China in 2004. The Resolution lays out the facts of Sneddon’s disappearance and asks the State Department and intelligence community to continue to investigate the case, specifically the possibility that the North Korean government may have abducted Sneddon.
Sneddon was last seen in 2004 hiking in western China. Chinese officials say he likely died while hiking, but there is no evidence of an accident, his body has never been found, and there are witnesses who claim they saw Sneddon after he finished hiking.
North Korean officials are known to operate in this particular region of China, and the Sneddon family, along with various experts in North Korean policy, believe that the North Korea government may have abducted David, using his language skills to train government officials and operatives. Sneddon is fluent in Korean, having lived in South Korea for two years while serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.