Police investigate suspicious death of Royal Oak graduate at Grand Valley State
By FOX 2 Staff
Taylor DeRosa, 18, was found dead at Grand Valley State University. Image: GoFundMe.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (FOX 2) - A spring 2020 graduate of Royal Oak High School was found dead at Grand Valley State University in what police are calling a suspicious death .
Taylor DeRosa, 18, was found dead on Saturday, December 12. The Grand Valley State University Police Department and the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office are both investigating the death that they call suspicious but said the general public or campus is not in any danger.
Police said DeRosa s cause of death had not been determined and they are asking the campus to not rush to any conclusions and to stop spreading false information. Police did not say what false information was being spread.
“We lost our beautiful, strong, courageous, smart and sweet Taylor far too soon. Author: Amy McNeel (WZZM13) Updated: 11:21 PM EST December 16, 2020
ALLENDALE, Mich. Grand Valley State University students held a candlelight vigil Wednesday in memory of a student who was found dead on campus Saturday.
Taylor DeRosa was a first-year student from Royal Oak. Her body was found by a runner near the intramural fields on campus. Police are still investigating the incident and are calling her death “suspicious.”
DeRosa was honored during the vigil Wednesday at the Cook Carillon Tower. More than 100 students gathered and some of her friends say she will be missed greatly.
Identity of body found on GVSU campus revealed, investigation ongoing
GVSU President Philomena Mantella sent an email to students Tuesday morning, identifying the body as that of student Taylor DeRosa. Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 11:22 AM EST December 15, 2020 Updated: 12:02 PM EST December 15, 2020
The identity of a body found on the Grand Valley State University Allendale campus Saturday has been revealed.
GVSU President Philomena Mantella sent an email to students Tuesday morning, identifying the body as that of student Taylor DeRosa. She was a first-year student who had moved on campus in the fall.
A runner found DeRosa’s body on Saturday morning near the intramural athletic fields on campus. Police are calling the death “suspicious.”
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Police identify body found on GVSU campus as first-year student
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Posted Dec 15, 2020
Police continue to investigate the death of first-year student Taylor DeRosa. Grand Valley State University s Allendale campus is pictured in this Sept. 16, 2020 file photo. (MLive file photo)
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The body was identified as Taylor DeRosa, a first-year student from Royal Oak.
At this time, the cause of death has not been fully determined, according to police.
On the morning of Saturday, Dec. 12, a runner found a body on the GVSU campus near the intramural athletic fields, south of West Campus Drive.
GVSU President Philomena Mantella wrote in a letter Tuesday morning that the campus community’s thoughts and prayers go out to the DeRosa family.