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WEBVTT KARIN JOHNSON LEADING THE WAYWITH THE STORY.KARIN: MANY STUDENTS ARERETURNING FROM WINTER BREAK.AS THEY RETURNED TODAY, THEYLEARNED SOME DISTURBING NEWS.A FRESHMAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDEOF HER DORM ROOM AT MORRIS HALL.THEY CALLED 911.THE TWO HAD BEEN OUT DRINKINGLAST NIGHT.THE GIRL WAS INTOXICATED.THE ROOMMATE SAID THE CABDRIVERHAD TO HELP CARRY HER FRIENDINTO THE DORM ROOM.WHEN THE ROOMMATE WOKE UP, SHENOTICED HER FRIEND HADN'T MOVEDAND THAT IS WHEN SHE CALLED FORHELP.THE BUTLER COUNTY CORONER HASNOT YET RELEASED A CAUSE OFDEATH AND PROBABLY WON'T UNTILTOXICOLOGY RESULTS COME BACK.>> SHE LIVED ACROSS THE HALLFROM ME.KNOWING IT WAS ALL HAPPENING ASI WAS SLEEPING WAS KIND OF SCARYFOR ME.I THINK EVERYBODY HERE ATMORRIS, WE ALL KIND OF KNEW WHOSHE WAS.STUDENTS JUST PUT IT INPERSPECTIVE.>> WE ARE NOT RELEASING THEGIRL'S NAME UNTIL THE CORONERCONFIRMS ALL OF HER FAMILYMEMBERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.SHE IS FROM THE CHICAGO AREA.

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A female student was found dead in a Miami University dorm Friday morning. Police and the Butler County coroner were at Morris Hall on the Oxford campus. University spokeswoman Claire Wagner confirmed that the student was a female and was found deceased inside her dorm room. "Young people aren't supposed to die, so it does, it affects us in all different departments on campus," Wagner said. "Everyone heard about it kind of fast, and it kind of spread quickly," John Regan, a Miami student, said. The 18-year-old's roommate called 911 at 8:55 a.m. to report her friend's death. The roommate said the two had been out drinking the night before, and that the teen was intoxicated when they returned to their dorm just after midnight. The roommate said the cab driver had to help her carry her friend into the room. When the roommate woke up Friday morning, she said she noticed her friend hadn't moved, and that's when she called for help. "She lives across the hall from me, so just knowing it was all happening as I was sleeping was kind of scary for me," said Maria Mulligan. "We all kind of knew who she was, and students kind of, you put it in perspective, like, it could have been you, or it could have been one of your friends." The coroner hasn't ruled on a cause of death, and likely won't until the toxicology results come back, but these circumstances have other students reflecting on their own choices. "I was thinking today about what my parents would think if they ever got that phone call and, like, I always think about how I can be safe so they don't have to hear about something happening to me," Regan said. Many students were still away for winter break and weren't on campus yet. Classes resume Monday. The university said counseling will be available for anyone who needs to talk.