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Student found dead in Perkins Hall
Mark Norris, Editor In Chief, mnorris@smu.edu
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: News
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It will be at least three weeks until friends and family of first-year student Jordan Crist know how he died. Crist was found unresponsive Wednesday morning in a dorm room on the third floor of Perkins Hall.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner's office said Thursday toxicology and electrolyte tests are needed to determine the cause of death. Those results could take between three weeks and three months to get back.
The examiner's office also conducted an autopsy Wednesday afternoon, but the results will not be released until the other tests come back.
A memorial service was held Thursday night for friends of Crist inside Perkins Chapel. Media were not allowed inside.
Interim SMU Police Chief Richard Shafer said a call was received at 10:22 a.m. Wednesday from a cell phone asking for help. University Park fire and emergency personnel responded along with SMU Police.
SMU Police were first on the scene and attempted CPR on Crist, but they said he was not in good shape. A few minutes after that, UP personnel arrived and also began efforts to revive Crist. They moved Crist into the hallway and continued to work, but Shafer said he was unresponsive to any efforts.
"They tried diligently to resuscitate him, but that wasn't possible," Shafer said.
UP paramedics transported Crist to Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, where he was declared dead at 11:05 a.m.
SMU Police have talked with people who were with Crist the night before he died, but declined to release what they have found. Their investigation is still ongoing and Shafer said they are not done talking to potential witnesses. He asks that if anyone has any information that might be useful to the investigation to contact SMU Police at (214) 768-3388.
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Debra McDowell
posted 5/23/07 @ 5:41 PM EST
The news today [05-23-07] that Jordan Crist had died of acute alcohol poisoning makes me so absolutely angry at the needless waste of life his death is. (Continued…)
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