ISU Student Found Dead in Parking Lot, Cause of Death Released
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According to KCCI, Ames police were called to Delta Delta Delta sorority located at 302 Ash Ave at 9:49 a.m. on January 2 after a caller reported a college-aged female was found unconscious in the parking lot . That female was 21-year-old Olivia Chutich, a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and We Are Iowa reports that there was no evidence of foul play.
KCCI reports that the State Medical Examiner s Office completed an autopsy on January 24 that determined the cause of death to be accidental, and caused by acute alcohol intoxication and hypothermia. Around the time Chutich was found, the National Weather Service recorded a temperature of 11 degrees, with overnight temps as low as 8 degrees.