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Student, DOD, College |
Background link |
Circumstances |
Cause |
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Thomas Argentieri, 21, December 9, 2007, Alfred University |
How and why? |
About 25 to 50 people attended the house party at a of-campus
house. Thomas got into a fight with a fellow Alfred student in
a yard outside the house. The house is a rental property
normally occupied by students. Thomas died of injuries received
in connection with the fight. |
Assault associated with drinking |
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Stephen Adelipour, 21, February 24, 2007, Boston University |
How and why? |
Stephen died in a fire in off-campus housing. The fire was
caused by a candle left lit after a power outage; it also
followed a small party in the apartment, neighbors said. |
Accident associated with drinking |
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Rissa J. Amen-Reif, November 25, 2007, Minnesota State
University, Mankato |
How and why? |
Rissa was hit by a car and killed after ending up in the middle
of a road on the edge town. She had been at a sorority event at
a bar more than a mile away and police believe alcohol was a
factor. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Justin Anderson, 19, October 28, 2007, University of South
Carolina |
How and why? |
A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that
killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach
house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in
Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South
Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South
Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven
college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging
from from .16 percent to .29 percent. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Robert Atherton, 22, February 24, 2008, Michigan State
University |
How and why? |
Police reported that Robert was drinking with friends in an
apartment in the Cedar Village area early Saturday when he
became aggressive. They say the group he was with restrained
him for several minutes, then realized he had become motionless
and wasn't breathing. The group then called 911 |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Lynn Gordon "Gordie" Bailey Jr, September 17, 2004, University
of Colorado |
How and why? |
Bailey and the other pledges had begun the evening Sept. 16
blindfolded and abandoned in the woods near Gold Hill. Police
said the pledges were told to drink large amounts of Ten High
whiskey and Carlo Rossi wine.Later, when they were driven back
to the fraternity house after midnight, Bailey had passed out.
The next morning Bailey was found face down on the floor, and
could not be revived. His blood-alcohol level was 0.328 percent,
four times the legal limit for driving in Colorado. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Kurt Baker, 22, February 24, 2008, Mesa College |
How and why? |
Friends found Kurt unconscious on his bed and called 911 when
they were unable to wake him up. They told the emergency
dispatcher that he appeared not to be breathing. The friends
tried to revive Baker with CPR. When paramedics arrived, they
took over. Baker was taken to Alvarado Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. According to a student, "he had been drinking
a little bit, but not excessively." |
Alcohol and Drug Poisoning |
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Hector Hugo Barrera-Barraza, March 16, 2007,University of
California, Merced |
How and why? |
Barrera-Barraza's blood-alcohol level was 0.20 at the time of
his death, 2½ times the legal limit for intoxication in
California, Sheriff Mark Pazin said Thursday. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Dustin Michael Bauer, March 12, 2008, St. Mary's University |
How and why? |
Dustin fell 10 feet off a stairwell and landed on the floor of a
residence hall while celebrating a college basketball victory.
Alcohol may have been a factor, a university spokeswoman said. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Adam Baxter Adam Baxter, 19, November 24, 2007, University of
Maine |
How and why? |
Adam was at a friend’s home in Portland when an ambulance was
called to the residence early Saturday morning for a report of a
male having difficulty breathing. When they got there, they
found Baxter unconscious and unresponsive. "Adam was declared
dead at the scene. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Christopher P. Berry, March 11, 2005, New Mexico State
University |
How and why? |
He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.459. following off-campus
celebrations of his 22nd birthday. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Connie Blount, 18, April 13, 2008, University of Kentucky |
How and why? |
Connie died in a hit-and-run accident crossed against the
traffic signal and stopped in the street for unknown reasons
when she was crossing South Broadway. The police accident
report says that Connie Blount had been drinking that night
before she was struck. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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William Kiel Bobbitt, May 1, 2008, California University of
Pennsylvania |
How and why? |
William Kwas drunk when he arrived at the friend's apartment
about 1 a.m. Thursday looking for a place to stay. Those who
lived in the apartment discovered William dead when they woke up
less than seven hours later. |
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Abel Bolanos, April 3, 2007, Iowa State
University |
How and why? |
Abel Bolanos left an off-campus party alone in the early morning
hours of March 31. His body was found in Lake LaVerne on April
3. |
Accident while intoxicated |
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Meaghan Bosch, May 14, 2007, Southern Methodist University |
How and why? |
Meaghan was found over 100 miles from Dallas, where SMU is
located. “She lived one block from me in a complex of
condo-apartments that on the outside looks posh and
security-protected but that I have always heard is a haven of
burglaries, drunken parties, drug dealing and other nefarious
activities.” As expected, the deaths have raised the perennial
issues of alcohol and substance abuse on college campuses, and
whether universities are doing enough to proactively combat
binge drinking and drug use. |
Alcohol and Drug Poisoning |
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Colin Boyarski, April 3, 2005, Kenyon College |
How and why? |
His body was found in a field near campus on April 3, died of
acute alcohol intoxication. He had been drinking at a party
near the Kenyon College campus. He had a
blood-alcohol level of 0.43, more than five times the legal
limit for an adult in Ohio. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Caitlin Brann, 22, November 10, 2006, University of Notre Dame |
How and why? |
Caitlin lost control of her 2000 Chevy Cavalier, which veered
sideways into the median and rolled many times.a chemical test
revealed she had a blood alcohol level of .249 percent. It's
believed she was headed back home from school. |
Accident associated with drinking |
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Sammy Broadhead, June 25, 2004, University of Southern
Mississippi |
How and why? |
Sammy Broadhead, a Sigma Nu alumnus and Southern Miss grad,
attended a party June 25, 2004, at his old frat house on the
Hattiesburg campus. Playing a drinking game called beer pong,
Sammy collapsed from high levels of alcohol consumption and
later died. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Kaitlyn Bryant, 20, April 6, 2008, Pearl
River Community College (University
of Southern Mississippi student arrested for DUI) |
How and why? |
Kailtin’s vehicle collided head-on early Sunday with a vehicle
driven by Shelby Brown, 20, a Southern Mississippi student .
Brown was intoxiated at the time. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Travis Cale,20, October 28, 2007, University of South Carolina |
How and why? |
A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that
killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach
house. Six of the seven killed in the fire Sunday morning in
Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., attended the University of South
Carolina; and one attended Clemson University. Six other South
Carolina students in the house survived. Six out of the seven
college students who died had alcohol in their systems ranging
from from .16 percent to .29 percent. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Adam Carter, November 17, 2007, University of Tennessee |
How and why? |
Adam lost control of his sport utility vehicle along Montlake
Drive at approximately 2:30 a.m early Saturday morning and was
killed when his vehicle struck a tree in southern Knox County.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, speeding and alcohol were
factors in the crash. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Richard Coakley, 20, September 28, 2008, Maine Maritime Academy |
How and why? |
Students Richard Coakley and Matthew Felton died instantly when
their car was hit by a pickup truck that crossed the centerline,
according to police reports. An alumnus was driving the truck
going home from an MMA alumni event . The state traffic accident
report describes the apparent physical condition of both drivers
as “had been drinking.” |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Marc Anthony Cocozzella, November 13, 2007, Clemson University |
How and why? |
Marc was thrown from the bed of a pickup truck after his
friend, who is accused of driving drunk, ran into two other
cars. Marc died two days later. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Sean Cornell, 20, May 4, 2007, Paul Smith’s
College |
How and why? |
Drowned after canoe capsized in frigid water at 11:00PM in
activity associated with a party involving alcohol Sean Cornell
had BAC of .165 |
Accident associated with campus drinking |
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Jordan Crist, 19, May 3, 2007, Southern Methodist
University |
How and why? |
The SMU Daily Campus reports that first-year student Jordan
Christ had a blood-alcohol level of .4. That's five times the
legal limit |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Tyler Cross, November 17, 2006, University of Texas |
How and why? |
Cross fell from a fifth floor balcony. He had a blood alcohol
content of .19. Cross was the third student to die in West
Campus in an alcohol-related death in little more than a year’s
time. Cross was a pledge in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
and a member of the UT Lacrosse Club |
Accident associated with campus drinking |
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Derek Crowl, March 16, 2007, Bloomsburg University, visiting
friend at Boston University |
How and why? |
A four-alarm fire at 49 St. Mary's St. was started by a burning
piece of charcoal that ignited the rear wooden porch of the
third-floor off-campus apartment. Derek had arrived in Boston
on Thursday evening to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with his
friends, officials said. Crowl, who was a Bloomsburg University
sophomore, was found near a closet in a bedroom next to the
kitchen and probably died of smoke inhalation. |
Accident associated with drinking |
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Sheridan "Danny" Dahlquist, August 12, 2007, Bradley University |
How and why? |
After a night of drinking, Dahlquist went to bed in a house just
off campus. As a joke, prosecutors say his friends slid two
Roman candles - fireworks that shoot fireballs - under the
bedroom door. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Danny Daniels, 19, January 7, 2006, California State University
at Fresno |
How and why? |
January 7, 2006, there was a party at the Fiji house. Sunday
morning, Daniels was found dead in his bed. The coroner
reported his blood alcohol level was 0.34, and that alcohol
toxicity had caused his death. |
Accident while intoxicated |
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Mark Brandon Davis, October 7, 2005, North Carolina State
University |
How and why? |
Unattended smoking material set a chair on fire in an off-campus
duplex rented by the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, according to the
fire report. Davis had been drinking and had a blood-alcohol
level of .110. |
Accident associated with drinking |
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Ciara DePrill, February 4, 2006, Temple University |
How and why? |
Ciara was killed early on a Friday morning after the car she was
riding in hit a concrete barrier on the Ben Franklin Bridge,
police said.The driver, also a Temple student, was charged with
driving under the influence, homicide by vehicle and involuntary
manslaughter. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Gary DeVercelly Jr, March 28, 2007, Rider University |
How and why? |
Gary Jr., who succumbed after slipping into an alcohol-induced
coma following a night of drinking at an on-campus frat party.
Gary had a
blood alcohol content of .426 and died of alcohol poisoning, |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Douglas R. DeWitt, September 26, 2004, San Diego State
University |
How and why? |
DeWitt died during Pledge Week for fraternities and sororities.
University officials say the Greek parties were policed to keep
them alcohol-free. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Thomas Lee Dillon, III, May 25, 2005, University of Virginia
(non student partying with student friends) |
How and why? |
In October 2004 one of the UVA students, who had been one of his
best friends since grade school moved in with Lee temporarily.
On Memorial day, he and his friend Brad went to a private party
at a fellow student's home. The house was very secluded with
acreage and included UVA students and young people from the
area. They had an ice luge and apparently, dares for who could
drink the most from the luge. Both boys were drinking. Lee
feel asleep and never woke up. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Jared Dion, April 10, 2004, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse,
21 |
How and why? |
He had a blood-alcohol content of 0.40. Dion was first pulled
from the water April 15 after disappearing five days before, |
Accident while intoxicated |
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Michael A. Douglas, 19, September 14, 2007, Lincoln University |
How and why? |
Early Friday, Michael A. Douglas, 19, a Lincoln University
student from Easton, was shot outside an Allentown nightclub
hosting an all-ages college party. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Shawn Dow. November 17, 2007, Art Institute
of Boston at Lesley University |
How and why? |
The Friday night party started off low-key, with about 20
college students and other young adults chatting and sipping
beer inside a fourth-floor apartment in Boston's Allston
neighborhood. Then, about 1:30 a.m. yesterday, three uninvited
men showed up at the door. One party crasher got into a heated
argument with a woman inside the apartment, touching off a brawl
in the building's stairwell that involved about 20 males. Shawn
apparently, and accidentally, fell off the building's black-top
roof, landing in an alley. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Lee Drelles, 19, September 21, 2008, Michigan Tech |
How and why? |
Lee died in a crash that occurred just south of the Michigan
Technological University campus. Lee was thrown from the vehicle
after it hit a tree. The vehicle rolled several times.
Toxicology reports show that another student who was driving had
a blood alcohol level of .15, which is well over the legal
limit. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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April Englund, 21. April 5, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Stout |
How and why? |
A smoky house fire near a University of Wisconsin campus killed
three students who never made it out of the rooms where they
were sleeping early Saturday, even though neighbors said they
heard alarms. As part of the investigation, the police
conducted multiple interviews in an attempt to re-create what
took place before the fire. They learned was that all three had
been consuming alcoholic beverages. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Andrew Enriquez, September 14, 2007, University of Florida |
How and why? |
Andrew died in a car crash around 2:40 a.m. Friday. He was
wearing an arm bracelet that may have been from a local bar and
investigators are examining whether he was using an ID that
wasn't his. |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Adam Falcon, November 2004, St. Lawrence University |
How and why? |
In November 2004, St. Lawrence University campus police launched
a nationwide Amber alert search for 20 year old student Adam
Falcon. Falcon was eventually found dead in the Grass River.
He had drowned after his night of drinking. |
Accident associated with campus drinking |
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Donald Farrell, 19, October 28, 2007, Rowan University |
How and why? |
Donald was walking from his off-campus apartment complex with
three friends, shortly after 9 p.m., when five men approached
him and asked about the location of a party. As he pointed to
his apartment complex, the Beau Rivage Apartments, he was
attacked and beaten to death. |
Drinking associated assault |
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Karl Fazli; 21, February 14, 2007, Wittenberg University |
How and why? |
According to police reports, Fazli's housemate found him
unresponsive at 10 a.m. at a Park Place address where the two
had attended a party the night before. The housemate left and
returned the next morning. Witnesses told police Fazli had been
drinking heavily. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Matthew Felton, 21, September 28, 2008, Maine Maritime Academy |
How and why? |
Students Richard Coakley and Matthew Felton died instantly when
their car was hit by a pickup truck that crossed the centerline,
according to police reports. An alumnus was driving the truck
going home from an MMA alumni event . The state traffic accident
report describes the apparent physical condition of both drivers
as “had been drinking.” |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Samuel Paul Finn, September 23, 2007, East Carolina University |
How and why? |
Samuel's injuries were consistent with those from a fistfight.
He had also drunk beer, smoked marijuana and taken Xanax, a
medication used to treat anxiety disorders. The cause of death
was a brain hemorrhage that is typical of one suffered by
someone who is intoxicated and receives a blow to the chin. |
Drinking associated assault |
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John Fiocco Jr., 19, March 25, 2006, The College of New Jersey |
How and why? |
John disappeared after his friends left him sleeping after a
night of drinking. After John's disappearance, friends told
police that he had gotten drunk at an off-campus party and
fallen asleep in a friend's room in his dorm shortly before 3
a.m. They first noticed Fiocco missing when they returned to the
room around 10 a.m. John's remains were found in a Bucks County
landfill a month later. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Jenna Foellmi, December 14, 2007, Winona State |
How and why? |
Jenna was found dead in her apartment on the morning of December
14th. Police say she was seen consuming alcohol for much of the
previous day. Police say she began drinking after taking her
last final exam of the semester, then she attended several
parties. The coroner said Jenna died of acute alcohol poisoning. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Nikolas Gallegos, October 7, 2007, Stephen F. Austin State
University |
How and why? |
Nikolas was at a gathering a on North University Drive. Too many
beers caused Nik to collapse. His friends rushed him to the
hospital. He died from from alcohol poisoning. |
Alcohol Poisoning |
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Michelle Gardner-Quinn, October 7, 2006, University of Vermont |
How and why? |
Michelle was last seen on a Saturday night shortly after 2:30
a.m. walking back to campus after a night out at downtown bars
with friends. Police said she was walking with a man whose
cellphone she had borrowed. Brian Rooney,a the 37-year-old
Richmond man, is charged with sexually assaulting and then
killing Michelle after he loaned her his cell phone on
Burlington's Main Street |
Assault associated with drinking |
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Nicholas Garza, February 5, 2008, Middlebury College |
How and why? |
Nick vanished and drowned in February and was found three months
later. Nick used a fake ID to buy alcohol Feb. 3, and the
transaction was captured on surveillance cameras, Middlebury
Police said. Nick brought the drinks to share with five friends
during a dorm-room gathering two nights later, the last time he
was seen, |
Accident- drinking associated |
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Laura Ann Gorman, February 2006, Eckerd College |
How and why? |
Laura was a passenger in a car driven by her friend attending
the University of South Florida. After a night of drinking at
a bar Laura was killed in a car accident. Her friend faces jail
time resulting from a DWI charge which resulted in a death. |
Accident while intoxicated |
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Brett Gould, November 04, 2007, Maine Maritime Academy |
How and why? |