Friends of a missing Florida International University law student waited nine days before contacting the police and his family, authorities said.

Tom Daniels, 28, last was seen Nov. 2 when he left a pizzeria in west Miami-Dade, a police report said. His friends, who didn't report him missing until Wednesday, described him as agitated, the report said.

"He has never done anything like this before. He has his own life, but he always checks in," Denise Daniels said of her son.