01-05-2025
Bellevue, WA dad pleads for help solving daughter's death on UC Santa Barbara campus
The Brief
A Bellevue father is searching for answers after his teen daughter's death, as police are no closer to solving her case months later.
Liz Hamel, 18, was found unconscious near a dorm on the UC Santa Barbara campus on Valentine's Day, and died days later.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A Bellevue father is searching for answers after his teen daughter's death in California, with police no closer to solving her case months later.
The backstory
Liz Hamel, 18, was found unconscious near a dorm on the UC Santa Barbara campus on Valentine's Day (February 14). She died days later.
Hamel's father, Alain, took part in a press conference on Wednesday, begging for help from students that may know what happened that night.
"I shouldn't be standing here, I should be at home grieving my daughter, entrusting the institutions responsible to this investigation, but the academic quarter is coming to an end, people are leaving, people's memories fade," said Alain Hamel.
Hamel, along with an attorney and investigator, showed an image of a young man that was with Liz on the night of there death.
A short time after they left a restaurant, Liz was allegedly found unconscious, as if she fell from a balcony on the other side of campus where she lives.
Police are still investigating, but the Bellevue teen's family and law enforcement are now split on how the investigation is unfolding.
The Source
Information in this story came from FOX 11 Los Angeles, Claytor Investigations and FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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