HORRIFIC

Abandoned Student Drank Urine

Left in cell without food and water for five days.

A 24-year-old student at the University of California, San Diego, was found April 26 in a jail cell where he had been left without food or water for five days. Daniel Chong was arrested when he and his friends were smoking marijuana, and placed in a holding cell by DEA agents. “They never came back, ignored all my cries, and I still don’t know what happened,” he said. “I’m not sure how they could forget me.” He drank his own urine to remain hydrated, and after he began hallucinating, tried to kill himself by breaking his glasses and cutting himself. He allegedly found a bag of meth in the holding cell and took it to stay awake. A DEA worker finally heard his cries, and he spent three days in intensive care.