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Published: 2010-10-29 13:12:00
Updated: 2010-10-29 13:12:00

Posted: October 29, 2010

Duke finds no foul play in student's death

Drew Everson

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Durham, N.C. — A Duke University student who died Sunday was alone when he fell in a staircase leading to a service area two days earlier, university officials said Friday.

There's no evidence of foul play in the death of Drew Everson, a senior from Tampa, Fla., said Michael Schoenfeld, Duke's vice president for public affairs and government relations.

"At this time, all the evidence indicates that the death of Everson was a tragic accident," Schoenfeld said in a statement.

Everson fell in a staircase that leads to a service area behind the East Campus Union around 3 a.m. Friday, Schoenfeld said. He was found at 11:30 a.m. and died at Duke University Hospital on Sunday.

The university is still awaiting a report from the medical examiner's office, which is expected to take several weeks to complete.

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stephyruns, has it occurred to you that the determination was probably made by the *Duke* *police*? They would be the ones to handle this kind of thing, at least when there's no indication of any outside persons involved.
mondosinistro
October 29, 2010 4:48 p.m.
The examiners report when complete-- will not dislose who might have pushed him just the cause of his death-- maybe. If he died of a head wound-- you wont know how he got it-either from the fall or someone hitting him. It was most likely a tragic accident.
Click to view my profile superman
October 29, 2010 4:43 p.m.
I am so glad that Duke has cleared that up for us without the medical examiner's report. I would like to actually hear there was no foul play from... uh.. the police?
Click to view my profile scarletindurham
October 29, 2010 4:05 p.m.
It is sad. Apparently this guy was a little tipsy from what I understand, and just walked off into the night and fell down the steps. It's probably not that hard to do. It's extremely sad and unfortunate for his family.
Click to view my profile csplantlover
October 29, 2010 3:47 p.m.
Wasting time when you pay 80% more for your degree, you will never make up that 20%. As the 80% is due when services are rendered and the 20% is spread across a life time.

Further, do you think you can sit in a job interview and demand extra money just becaus where you went to college. Do you hang around in reality often or is it your parallel universe?

I am just glad that they identified it was not pigeons that killed him.
Crankyone
October 29, 2010 3:47 p.m.
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