He had planned to study abroad in his third year of college in China and heard about Chinese travel companies offering trips to North Korea. The U.S. State Department warns against travel to North Korea. He and others freed from North Korea have said they were coached and coerced into giving a confession there. Warmbier's father has accused the tour company of helping lure Americans to North Korea. It's in North Korea.

Source: Fox News June 18, 2017 12:23 UTC