1st Year University Student Falls To Her Death In Apparent Suicide

As school is set to start in a couple of weeks, Columbia University is already dealing with a tragedy, as a freshman, Martha Corey-Ochoa, fell from a 10-floor window to her death earlier this week. Dean of Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger informed students of the death in an email sent around 2:15 a.m., calling the death a tragedy. The university also released the followingstatement:

“Martha Corey-Ochoa, a freshman in the College, passed away last night. Dean Shollenberger informed students of her death in an email, after notifying her family. Her death is being treated as an apparent suicide.” Dean Shollenberger wrote, “Martha was passionate about mathematics and literature, and recognized as a very talented writer.”

Corey-Ochoa, 18, had a promising future, as she was the valedictorian at her high school, Dobbs Ferry, also located in New York, and was planning to double major at Columbia University in English and mathematics.She did not leave a suicide note, and there were no witnesses, according to the Daily Mail.