Lost
Lost travel visas on CMU campus
CMU campus library
Lost
listing
Posted
16 days
ago
Description
Early this morning around 9:15 AM, I discovered my travel visas were missing from my passport folder as I was leaving the Clarke Historical Library on the Central Michigan University campus in Mount Pleasant. I had just wrapped up a meeting about an upcoming trip and set the folder down on a chair while I checked an email. The folder is blue with a dent on the corner and a few official stamps; I need them back before my flight next week. If someone happened to pick it up, please drop it off at the site; I am anxious but hopeful.
Approximate last-seen location
CMU campus library
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