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| Information about Middlebury student Nicholas Garza '11-5/28/08 | Article | ||
| February 5, 2008 | In Middlebury, Garza mystery solved-5/29/08 | Article | |
| Middlebury College | Garza's autopsy to get 2nd review-5/29/08 | Article | |
| Police: No charges in Middlebury student's death-8/28/08 | Article | ||
| No charges forthcoming in Garza case-8/28/08 | Article | ||
| Garza was intoxicated, police say-3/14/09 | Article | ||
| MPD announces close of Garza case-3/19/09 | Article | ||
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Nothing found in river search for missing student
May 9, 2008 Top of page Article
MIDDLEBURY, Vt.
Reports that rescue teams searched for two days for Nicholas but no trace of him has been found. Nicholas was last seen Feb. 5 when he left a campus party.
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http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/garza/
Information about Middlebury student Nicholas Garza '11
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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Reported that the body
the police recovered has been positively identified as Nicholas Garza
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Ronald D. Liebowitz
President
Middlebury College
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/NEWS01/80529002/-1/NEWS05
In Middlebury, Garza mystery solved
By Adam Silverman, Free Press Staff Writer
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May 29, 2008 Article
MIDDLEBURY —
Reports on the status of the investigation and Nicholas' movements of the fatal night.
Contact Adam Silverman at 660-1854 or asilverm@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080829/NEWS01/808290378/0/FRONTPAGE
Garza's autopsy to get 2nd review
August 29, 2008
By Gordon Dritschilo Herald Staff Top of page
MIDDLEBURY —
Reports that "The autopsy of Nicholas Garza is complete, but
police said they are withholding the results as his family gets a second
opinion."
Contact Gordon Dritschilo at gordon.dritschilo@rutlandherald.com.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_10324442
Police: No charges in Middlebury student's death
The Associated Press Article
Article Launched: 08/28/2008 06:35:12 AM MDT Top of page
MIDDLEBURY, Vt.—
Reports that "Police say they do not plan to charge anyone in the death of 19-year-old Middlebury College freshman Nicholas Garza, saying all evidence points to him simply getting drunk, falling into Otter Creek and drowning."
"The 19-year-old Garza, from Albuquerque, N.M., was captured on videotape Feb. 3 using a fake ID to buy alcohol. He disappeared after a campus party on Feb. 5, and his body was found in the creek May 27 after extensive searches."
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No
charges forthcoming in Garza case
By Adam Silverman
Article
Free Press Staff Writer
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August 28, 2008
Reports further details of Nicholas' fatal night.
Contact Adam Silverman at 660-1854 or
asilverm@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com.
Garza was intoxicated, police say
By John Curran, The Associated Press
Article
March 14, 2009 Top of page
Reports that:
"A Middlebury College freshman who died under mysterious circumstances last year was drinking heavily in the hours before he vanished from campus, and investigators found no evidence to suggest the death was anything more than an accident, police concluded in a new report. Nicholas Garza, 19, of Albuquerque, N.M., disappeared Feb. 5, 2008, during a winter break at the college, prompting months of searching. His body was found May 27 in nearby Otter Creek."
"In it, investigators said Garza and fellow student Taylor Smith consumed at
least 18 shots of rum and tequila between 8:15 and 9:30 p.m. in a dormitory room
the day he went missing. He vanished after leaving a friend’s room in another
dorm at about 11 p.m., according to the report.
Garza had bought the rum and tequila two days before his disappearance using a
fake ID, Smith told police."
"Using information provided by witnesses about Garza’s alcohol intake, the
director of Middlebury College’s health center, Dr. Mark Peluso, estimated the
student’s blood-alcohol content would have been between 0.24 percent and 0.33
percent, according to the report by Sgt. Michael Christopher. That would be far
above the legal limit for adult drivers (0.08 percent)."
"Investigators also concluded Garza drank frequently and often heavily during his
time on campus, and on one occasion he wandered off while intoxicated and
apparently disoriented on a meandering path similar to the route police dogs
determined he followed after he last was seen."
MPD announces close of Garza case
By: Kelly Janis Article
Posted: 3/19/09 Top of page
Reports that according to the investigator's report, Garza consumed at
least 18 shots of liquor the night he died, and there is no evidence of foul
play in his death.
Also reported that "Prior to the release of the investigation's findings, the College never formally
acknowledged the role of alcohol in Garza's death."
"The nature of college life is this: When you go to school in northern New
England and have the kind of winters we have, and students drink the way they
do, you put yourself in harm's way," Spears said. "And who's going to handle the
consequences? We have to look out for one another. And I hope that understanding
begins to creep into student life if it isn't there already." From
Acting Provost Tim Spears, Middlebury College.
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