Student who felt ill found dead in home
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
FAYETTEVILLE — Fayetteville police said Sunday they were still investigating the alcohol-related death of a University of Arkansas student Saturday and would release few new details.
The student, whose name wasn’t released pending notification of family, was found dead Saturday morning at 527 N. Wilson Ave., a residential neighborhood, Fayetteville police Sgt. Carey Hartsfield said Sunday.
Police received a call at 9:39 a.m. regarding a male student who had been feeling ill. Police said the man had taken medicine containing hydrocodone then drank beer. Hydrocodone is a cough suppressant.
Police said the student was a member of a fraternity on campus, and investigators went to the fraternity to talk to friends who might have information on contacting the student’s family. But he said the fraternity or its activities weren’t being linked to the student’s death.
"The only relation there is [to the fraternity] is that he’s associated with it," Hartsfield said.
Police Sgt. Dan Curtis told The Associated Press that police did not suspect foul play.
Charles Crowson, manager of media relations at UA, said in a news release Sunday that the college is providing crisis counseling through the student affairs office to those acquainted with the student.
Crowson said the university will "conduct its own evaluation of the matter through the Office of Student Affairs."
Susan Rogers, a UA spokesman, said the university will look at whether the school could have done anything differently to prevent the student’s death. Information for this article was contributed by The Associated Press.
**This is the only newspaper article I could find. Nothing in the U of A paper yet.
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