Authorities Investigate After Woman's Corpse Found On University Of Georgia’s Campus

Law enforcement has launched an investigation into the death of a woman whose body was found on the University of Georgia’s campus on Thursday, the second campus-related fatality this week.

According to a statement from the college, UGA police received a call at around noon on Thursday from an individual who was concerned about a friend who went for a run at the campus’ intramural fields that morning and hadn’t returned.

After searching the area, the police found the woman unconscious and with visible injuries in a wooded area near an on-campus lake at around 12:38 p.m. Paramedics determined the woman was dead upon their arrival.

During a press conference on Thursday evening, university police chief Jeff Clark confirmed that the deceased individual was not a UGA student, but was a student at another college. He declined to disclose the name of the college.

The incident is actively being investigated by UGA and county police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Police are monitoring and taking note of license plates of the vehicles leaving the parking lot near where the woman’s body was found, 11Alive News reported.

The college has canceled its classes for the remainder of the week and will resume on Monday. The UGA police are urging people to avoid the area as the ongoing investigation proceeds.

In a statement on Thursday, UGA said that “foul play” is suspected in the incident, adding that “safety and welfare of our campus community is our top concern.” No suspect has been identified yet, Clark said, but that there is “no immediate danger.”

“My investigators will be working this case day and night, and they will be looking at every camera that we have,” he said.

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