Grand Valley State University police still looking for answers in student's death The investigation into the death of a first-year Grand Valley State University student continues but additional witnesses still need to be interviewed and a toxicology report completed, according to university police. Taylor DeRosa, a Royal Oak resident and first year GVSU student, died Dec. 12. Her body was found in the intramural fields and cross-country trail on Grand Valley's Allendale campus. More than 25 police and support staff from three different law enforcement departments — GVPD, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and the Michigan State Police — worked the investigation on the day she was found.