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  • Body in Purdue Dorm's Utility Room ID'd

    03/20/2007 1:03:23 PM PDT · by Palladin · 6 replies · 412+ views
    AP ^ | March 20, 2007 | AP reporters
    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A body found slumped over machinery in a dormitory's high-voltage utility room was identified Tuesday as a 19-year-old Purdue University student who vanished in January, school officials said. A maintenance worker investigating a "pinging" sound on Monday discovered the body of Wade Steffey, a freshman who was last seen in the area Jan. 13 after he left a fraternity party. The Tippecanoe County coroner identified the body Tuesday. It appeared he tripped and fell onto a power transformer, Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg said. "He is believed to have died instantly," she said. The maintenance worker had...