33-yr-old PhD student goes missing 5 days to graduation, wife pleads for his return

May 7, 2015 3:08 PM

Lance Calvin Buckley, a 33-year-old husband and father of her two daughters, one of whom is 11 months old, has been missing since Tuesday, just a few days to the completion of his PhD in microbiology program.

Lance Buckley with his family

A Howard University PhD student, Lance Calvin Buckley, has been missing since Tuesday, a few days to his graduation, leaving his wife worried.

Amy Buckley looked visibly distraught and weak as she addressed reporters on camera, begging the 33-year-old husband and father of her two daughters, one of whom is 11 months old, to come back home.

“Lance, I love you so much no matter what I just want you to come home,” Buckley said.

“I just want you home, baby. I love you. You’re the love of my life.”

Buckley was reported missing by his family at 7:49 p.m. Tuesday night, about 12 hours after his mother dropped him off near the university where he is completing his PhD in microbiology.

He reportedly sent a text to his wife around 10:16 a.m and has not been heard from or seen since.

Police say his purpose of visiting the school that Tuesday was to collect his "graduation packet" for graduation this Saturday.

Buckley is believed to have left his house with his gun which is also missing.