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Police release cause of death

Updated: Wednesday, 03 Dec 2008, 2:41 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 03 Dec 2008, 10:13 AM EST

    The Tippecanoe County Coroner says a person found dead on the Purdue campus early Tuesday morning died after jumping from one of the upper floors of the Hawkins Graduate House.

    "The cause of death of this individual is preliminarily listed as multiple blunt force injuries due to high velocity impact with the ground after jumping from one of the upper floors of the dormitory," Coroner Donna Avolt said in a news release issued Wednesday morning.

    Purdue spokesperson Jeanne Norberg as said fingerprints from a student believed to be missing are being compared today to those of the deceased in an attempt to confirm identification.

    A university employee found the man's body on the ground outside the Hawkins Graduate House around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

     

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