Body found on UNR campus identified as 21-year-old student
A UNR student whose body was discovered Thursday on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno was identified Friday.
Quincy Russell, also identified by the school’s student newspaper as Sky, a 21-year-old from Fernley, was pronounced dead after being discovered on university grounds Thursday morning, according to Justin Norton, operations manager of the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s office.
The cause and manner of death is still pending, following the completion of an autopsy and toxicology testing, Norton said in a news release.
Russell’s body was found by construction workers at 7:10 a.m. in the university’s Quad area, between the Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering and Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering buildings, UNR Chief of Police Eric James said.
Campus police investigators did not find evidence of foul play, James said at the time.
A candlelight vigil for Russell is planned for Sunday, May 7 at 8 p.m. at the MacKay Statue on the UNR campus, according to The Nevada Sagebrush, the university’s student newspaper.
The vigil’s organizers are asking community members to bring candles and flowers in rememberance of Russell, the Sagebrush reported.
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