A more complete version of this story appeared in Thursday’s print edition.
Sophomore Laura Treanor’s death this January was caused by alcohol poisoning, according to the D.C. Medical Examiner’s office. Treanor was the first student to die on campus in about four years.
Beverly Fields, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Medical Examiner, said the cause of death was classified as acute alcohol intoxication, a clinical term for alcohol poisoning. The death was determined to be an accident.
Roommates found Treanor, 19, dead on the morning of Jan. 23 in their Ivory Tower dorm room. Following the death, University spokeswoman Tracy Schario said it “appears Laura died of natural causes.” A statement at the time from the Metropolitan Police Department said that there was no apparent trauma to the body.
Fields said she could not release Treanor’s blood alcohol level or any further details about the death.
Treanor was The Hatchet’s contributing Life editor and a member of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority. She was also active in the Newman Catholic Center on campus, where she served as a lector in 2008. Read The Hatchet’s obituary here.