Bowdoin college student, 20, found dead in Maine parking lot: cops

A university pupil was discovered useless in a car parking zone Sunday close to the Frank J. Woods Bridge in Topsham, Maine, in keeping with officers.

Topsham Police stated the sufferer was a 20-year-old lady from California who was attending Bowdoin School.

Police didn’t launch the lady’s title, however Bowdoin School President Safa Zaki launched a press release figuring out the scholar as Qingyang Zhan.

Police responded round 7 a.m. Sunday morning to a report of a deceased particular person positioned within the car parking zone at 2 Essential St.

The girl’s physique has been transported to the Medical Examiner’s Workplace for an post-mortem to be carried out.

Officers are awaiting the outcomes.

The incident stays below investigation, however police stated they don’t imagine there’s a menace to the general public.

Zaki’s assertion notified the campus group of the loss of life of Zhan, who was in any other case generally known as Okay, WMTW reported. Zhan, born in Shanghai, China, has lived within the U.S. since 2019.

She went to high school in California earlier than beginning at Bowdoin School within the fall of 2021.

“School members describe Okay as a shiny and fascinating presence, and lots of will bear in mind her heat and kindness,” Zaki wrote. Her educational advisor, Jean Yarbrough — the Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences — described Okay as a pupil who was “deeply focused on crucial theological and philosophical questions.”

“Okay’s loss of life is a devastating tragedy for her mother and father, her brother, different family members, and in addition for her associates, classmates, and our total Bowdoin group,” Zaki added. “That is very troublesome to course of, particularly since we don’t but know the circumstances of Okay’s loss of life. Please maintain yourselves and of others and reap the benefits of the alternatives to come back collectively.”

The school is providing prolonged counseling hours for college kids this week following Zhan’s loss of life.

“Like so a lot of you, I’m heartbroken and shocked,” Zaki wrote. “There actually are not any enough phrases to convey how devastating this loss is for our group. I do know you be part of me in extending heartfelt condolences to Okay’s household.”