0: Begin with breaking news out of Athens tonight.
That's where the GBI is on the scene investigating the death of a student at
UGA. Authorities confirm they suspect foul play.
Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us tonight for Fox five News at six.
I'm Tom Haynes.
1: I'm Courtney Bryant. Investigators say the student failed to return from a run.
Authorities found her body in a wooded area at the UGA intramural fields.
A Fox Eric Mock joins us in Athens with the Knight's. New developments Eric.
2: Yeah, guys, they are really making safety a huge priority here on campus.
We are in the intramural fields parking lot and Lake Herrick,
which you can see behind us.
That's where they've discovered this student's body.
After they failed to come back from a run, their friend reported them.
And just to show you how that's articulate. Seriously,
we're going to walk you over here. Okay.
And look at the entrance of the parking lot here.
That's where they are checking all students and their IDs as they're leaving the
parking lot. So anyone who's leaving and coming and going right now,
they are double checking and making sure that they are who they say they are.
Really making sure that no one gets by them who may not be supposed to be there.
So again,
right now what we know is a friend called Campus Police at around noon saying
that her friend had not come back from a run. And then at that point,
police, a little later,
about 12:38 PM found her body in the forested area behind Lake
Herrick. And of course she was deceased. Now,
the university released a statement this afternoon saying we have been fully
briefed on this terrible situation.
Foul play is suspected and we are already receiving support from the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation and Athens Clark County Police Department to investigate
this crime.
We want to assure you that the safety and wealth of our campus community is our
top concern. Now,
we have been talking to students actually between shows here,
and they're telling us this is really shaken them.
They are visibly upset by this.
They're telling us that this is something they would've never expected to
happen. They say a lot of people go for runs around this lake.
This is a common area where students like to go running.
So this is very shocking to them. We'll have more of this as the night goes on,
including a briefing from officials here at the university for now reporting
live at the UGA campus, Eric Mach, Fox five.
0: News. Yeah, so unsettling Eric for students in the community around there.
We'll look forward to what officials have to say.
Thanks now to a news alert in DeKalb County.