Crime & Safety
Romeoville Student Found Dead at Blackburn College; Cause Unknown
Tests are being conducted to determine the cause of death for Josh Ramza, whose body was discovered in his Carlinville, Ill., dorm room this past weekend.
Tests are being conducted to determine the cause of death for a 24-year-old Romeoville man who was found dead this weekend in his Blackburn College dorm room.
Josh Ramza, a senior at the Carlinville, Ill., school, was discovered in his room Saturday. An autopsy was conducted Monday, and officials are awaiting the results of toxicology tests, according to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Carlinville is located in south-central Illinois, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis.
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Peter Oswald, a spokeman for the 550-student Blackburn College, said police told school officials that there were no signs of foul play or "any obvious cause of death," the newspaper reported.
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