{"id":168365,"date":"2024-02-23T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=168365"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:15:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:15:36","slug":"nursing-student-found-dead-in-athens-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=168365","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Student Found Dead in Athens: What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Gist:<\/strong> A nursing student from Augusta University&#8217;s Athens campus was found dead, leading to campus-wide alerts and safety measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Details:<\/strong> On Thursday, February 22, the body of a nursing student was discovered in a wooded area near Lake Herrick. The student was identified as attending Augusta University College of Nursing in Athens, not UGA. The UGA Police Department, with Chief Jeff Clark speaking at a press conference, and the victim&#8217;s college confirmed the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the discovery, Augusta University announced support services available on campus, and UGA implemented additional security measures for student housing. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, along with Athens-Clarke County police, are investigating the death, which has not been officially classified as a murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Safety Concerns:<\/strong> The community and educational institutions are actively working to ensure the safety and well-being of their members in the wake of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Quote:<\/strong> &#8220;We&#8217;re not gonna leave any rock unturned in this investigation,&#8221; UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next?:<\/strong> Ongoing investigations by local law enforcement and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation aim to uncover further details about the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist: A nursing student from Augusta University&#8217;s Athens campus was found dead, leading to campus-wide alerts and safety measures. The Details: On Thursday, February 22, the body of a nursing student was discovered in a wooded area near Lake Herrick. The student was identified as attending Augusta University College of Nursing in Athens, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15069,8777],"class_list":["post-168365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-nursing-student","tag-uga","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}