Delete Thumbnails from iPhoto? (deleted originals from Finder)

Hi, I don't use iPhoto (find it too constrictive) but a friend asked for help with using it. It appears he was trying to clean out his large photo collection, but decided to do it from the Finder (now why would anyone in their right mind think you could delete files using the Finder?!?)
Unfortunately, he now says that the files are not gone from iPhoto. I'm assuming he's still seeing the thumbnail images that iPhoto creates.
- Is there 'any' way to find all of the missing files within iPhoto so you can delete them and/or their thumbnails from the iPhoto library?
I know how to do this in iView easy enough, but didn't see a 'find missing' command in iPhoto.
I told him that in the future, to do 'ALL' housekeeping from within the "i" programs that ship with a Mac. They seem to like to keep complete control of where everything is, how it's filed, how it's labled, etc. That's probably why I don't prefer to use them. Any exceptions to this??
Thanks!

Anybody have any ideas?? I'm sure there must be some people who have run into this.
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