Police identify body found on GVSU campus as first-year student
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Police continue to investigate the death of first-year student Taylor DeRosa. Grand Valley State University s Allendale campus is pictured in this Sept. 16, 2020 file photo. (MLive file photo)
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The body was identified as Taylor DeRosa, a first-year student from Royal Oak.
At this time, the cause of death has not been fully determined, according to police.
On the morning of Saturday, Dec. 12, a runner found a body on the GVSU campus near the intramural athletic fields, south of West Campus Drive.
GVSU President Philomena Mantella wrote in a letter Tuesday morning that the campus community’s thoughts and prayers go out to the DeRosa family.
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Body of GVSU Student found on campus, authorities investigate
By Larry Wallace
ALLENDALE CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities are investigating after a Grand Valley State University student’s body was discovered this weekend.
The student’s name has not been released yet, but family has been notified. The university’s president, Philomena Mantella, released the following statement:
“I am deeply saddened to inform you that the deceased found earlier today on our Allendale Campus, near the intramural fields and cross-country trail, has been identified as a Grand Valley student, and police have notified the family. This is heartbreaking news for our entire community. I offer my deepest condolences to the student’s family and friends. We are not sharing the student s name out of respect for the family.”
Over the weekend, tragedy struck my alma matter as the dead body of a student was found by a runner early in the morning.
As an alum of Grand Valley State University, myself and friends who graduated as Lakers were absolutely shocked. First, we just couldn t imagine what the student who found the body must be feeling but also, just how crazy the situation really is.
MLive reported the story saying the body was found by the university s intramural athletic fields which is confusing in itself.
That is a very open area so while MLive reported the death is being investigated as suspicious it s very concerning it would happen out in the open like that.
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