Student found dead at University of Michigan residence hall

Nov. 19, 2013
Body of 18-year-old freshman from California was found in his bedroom.

Police at the University of Michigan are investigating the death of an 18-year-old freshman found in his residence hall room. The Detroit Free-Press says security officers found Thibault Marie-Augustus de Saint Phalle in his bed in the Baits II student housing complex. Officers were carrying out a well-being check after the student had not been seen over the weekend. De Saint Phalle, from California, was a student in the university’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance.

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