Sunil Tripathi ( August 14 , 1990 – March or April 2013 ) was an American student who went missing on March 16 , 2013 . His disappearance received widespread media attention after he was wrongfully accused on social media as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing . Tripathi had been missing for a month prior to the April 15 , 2013 , bombings . His body was found on April 23 , after the actual bombing suspects had been officially identified and apprehended
Boston Marathon bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
Sunil Tripathi