Ithaca, N.Y. – A missing 20-year-old Syracuse man who was been the subject of a huge search in Buttermilk Falls State Park near Ithaca has been seen alive and may be in Pennsylvania, his family says.

Jonathan “Jon” D. D’Agostino has been missing since Sept. 7. He was last seen leaving the Ithaca College campus, where he formerly was a student.

His car was found parked at the state park. Inside the car, police found his phone and a note suggesting he planned self-harm.

Officials launched an extensive search of the 811-acre park that included drones, dogs, divers, state police, forest rangers, park police, Tompkins County sheriff’s deputies, and volunteers. The search continued for days, but no confirmed sightings were made in the park.

The man’s father - Frank D’Agostino - said this wee

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