An Omen?
David wrote in an email to his mother that he was “pumped to do some hard-core traveling,” but he had only three weeks to spare, so he planned out a brisk journey through southern China. “If you never hear from me again,” he wrote, “look for my body in the western Yunnan Province of China or the Yellow Mountains of Anhui. Just kidding. No, I’m really so excited.” However, this friendly email would prove to be more like a portent of doom.