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Authorities identify body
as missing Purdue student
From Staff Reports
The body recovered by authorities in a pond adjacent
to the Purdue University Power Plant on Thursday night has been identified
as a Purdue student missing for a week.
According to a statement from county coroner Martin
Avolt, the body has been identified as that of Jeremy P. Francis, 22,
from Flora, Ind.
The cause of death is not being released at this
time. According to the coroner, "There is no evidence suggesting that
Mr. Francis' death was influenced by any other individual."
The body was found around 5:30 p.m. Thursday floating
face down in five feet of water in the pond located just northwest of
the power plant. That area is immediately south of the Purdue campus
and approximately 10 blocks away from where Francis was last seen.
The body was located with the assistance of a police
helicopter due the heavily wooded area around the isolated pond. An
autopsy was performed Friday morning that confirmed the identity.
Francis was last seen alive around 3:30 a.m. on
July 13 after leaving a tavern near campus. A missing person’s
report was filed Sunday and authorities have been searching by foot,
boat and air since.
According to the coroner, the condition of the
body when found indicates that the it had been in the pond since last
Friday morning.
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