- The Princeton University student who was missing for nearly a week has been found dead.
- The body of Misrach Ewunetie was discovered on Thursday afternoon on campus, officials said.
The Princeton University student who was missing for nearly a week has been found dead, officials announced on Thursday.
The body of Misrach Ewunetie — a 20-year-old junior at the Ivy League school in New Jersey — was discovered at around 1 p.m. on Thursday on the facilities grounds of the campus behind the tennis courts by an employee, according to officials with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office and the college.
An autopsy will be conducted by the Middlesex County Examiner's Office to determine the young woman's cause and manner of death.
Officials said that there were "no obvious signs of injury and her death does not appear suspicious or criminal in nature."
Princeton's Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun called Ewunetie's death "an unthinkable tragedy."
"Our hearts go out to her family, her friends and the many others who knew and loved her," said Calhoun.
Ewunetie was last seen at around 3 a.m. Friday on campus at the university's Scully Hall where she lived, the university has said.
Authorities launched a massive search for the undergraduate student in the days after she went missing.
Calhoun said in a statement earlier this week that on Sunday the school's Department of Public Safety was notified by Ewunetie's family that they had not heard from her in several days.
The family asked DPS to conduct a well-being check and the university officially reported Ewunetie missing on Monday.
The night before Ewunetie vanished, she volunteered at one of Princeton's popular eating clubs, according to The Daily Princetonian.
According to ABC's "Good Morning America," Ewunetie went back to her dorm room at around 3 a.m. on Friday and one of her suitemates saw her brush her teeth and go to her room.
When Ewunetie's roommate got to their dorm at around 4:30 a.m., Ewunetie was not there, according to "Good Morning America."
"I cannot explain, it's a nightmare that I cannot wake up from," Ewunetie's brother, Universe, told The Sun before his sister was discovered dead.