Sreeja Koya

Case background and investigation

Sreeja Koya, 23, also reported as Sreeja Reddy Koya, is a student at the University of Massachusetts Boston. According to her family, she grew up in Kanagal mandal in the Nalgonda district of Telangana, India, earned a commerce degree in Hyderabad and moved to the United States to study for a master's degree in finance. She lived in the Edison Green area of Dorchester.

On the evening of Monday, November 2, 2026, she spoke by phone with her mother, Swaroopa Reddy, and said there was a birthday party at her residence and that she planned to eat and go to bed early, The Week reported. At about 9:45 p.m. she left the residence, reportedly for a walk, and did not return. Her friends told the family she never came back. Her mother said the family was surprised she had gone out at night because she was usually careful.

She was reported missing on Tuesday, November 3. On November 4 the Boston Police Department issued a missing person alert describing her as an Indian woman between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall with a thin build and black hair, last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. Police said she might be in the area of Carson Beach or Harbor Point, along the Dorchester Bay shoreline; Indian media reported that her phone's last known location was in that area. UMass Boston confirmed she was a student, and her friends circulated an appeal at the university.

The case drew attention in India, where Telangana minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy asked the Ministry of External Affairs, the Consulate General of India and Boston police to help trace her. Boston police have not publicly described the disappearance as suspicious, and as of November 9, 2026, no public report indicated that she had been located. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or District C-11 detectives at 617-343-4335; anonymous tips can be given to CrimeStoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to 27463.