The family of a missing Indiana University student is hitting back at the New York residents who used posters of people who have disappeared as Halloween decorations.
Hiker James Rankin was walking through Berkeley Jackson County Park, in Huntington, when he discovered a number of trees with posted signs featuring a number of missing people. A local resident told police they were Halloween decorations.
One of the posters was of Lauren Spierer, the Indiana University student who went missing in 2011.
'We have seen the video comprised of many missing persons' posters, including Lauren's, placed in the woods,' her family said in a Facebook post.
'I cannot comprehend what would compel someone to find this amusing or entertaining. Clearly they are not a family member of a missing person.'
Spierer, then 20, vanished after what friends called a night of hard-partying in Bloomington.
Her disappearance led to massive searches in the city and made national headlines.

Rankin posted footage of his bizarre discovery on his Facebook page.
Several of the trunks have sheets of white A4 paper attached to them, each with details of a real missing person's case.
The clip also shows a pile of twigs built into a shape of what appears to be a ritualistic altar.

Initially, Rankin thought he may have stumbled across the dump site of a particularly active serial killer.
Rankin asks on the video: 'Who the f*** does something like this?'
In total, there were more than a dozen posters featuring both missing women and a handful of men

After 12 minutes inspecting the site he said: 'We've got to get out of here. We've got to get as far away as possible.'
After returning to civilization, Rankin contacted Suffolk County deputies to report his suspicions.
Two days after posting the original video, Rankin updated his followers.

'The police have told me that the homeowner of the adjacent property is claiming this was set up for a "Halloween party," and that it would be taken down after Halloween,' he wrote. 'They are not investigating further.
'What I wanna know is, if these were "Halloween party" decorations, why have they been hanging there for weeks or months?
'Because it was plainly obvious that the stuff had been there for quite a while, and not set up recently. That's clearly the case as seen in the videos. Seems to me they're just using the time of year as an excuse (just my opinion).'



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