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Hindustan Times
27-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
Who was Lauren Blackburn? Princeton student, 23, found dead in lake near campus week after disappearing
A Princeton University junior has been found dead a week after he mysteriously went missing. The body of Lauren Blackburn, 23, was found in Lake Carnegie on Friday morning, April 25, Princeton's Department of Safety announced on Instagram. A cause of death has yet to be revealed. Princeton's Department of Safety wrote, 'It is with great sadness that we share that the body of Lauren Blackburn '26 was found at Lake Carnegie this morning. Our hearts are heavy and we share our deepest condolences with Lauren's family and friends.' A post shared by Princeton University (@princeton) Meanwhile, Dean of Undergraduate Students Regan Crotty wrote in a letter to the school, 'I am deeply saddened to share with you that the body of Lauren Blackburn '26 was found at Lake Carnegie this morning. Our hearts are heavy and we share our deepest condolences with Lauren's family and friends.' Blackburn was reportedly majoring in English. The school said he was last seen near the college's Firestone Library at around 6 pm on April 19. On Tuesday, April 22, the school reported him as missing through a campus alert. Blackburn was a former features writer for the Daily Princetonian, the student newspaper. He was the most recent winner of the 2024 Sam Hutton Fund for the Arts, an award given to one student in the Lewis Center for the Arts 'to support undergraduate summer study, travel, and independent research,' the New York Post reported. Blackburn graduated from Corydon Central High School in southern Indiana before he began attending Princeton. In 2019, he made local headlines after being awarded a National Merit Scholarship and Gates Scholarship. Princeton's Department of Safety described Blackburn as '6 feet, 2 inches tall' and as having 'brown eyes and black hair.' He weighed 170 pounds. A water search was conducted after officials pinged his phone in the area of the man-made reservoir around midnight Tuesday. Lake Carnegie, which is located near the university's athletic complex, was a gift from steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie for a cost of $450,000, which would be approximately $9.5 million now, the school said. The lake is located about a mile from the library where Blackburn was last spotted. When Blackburn earned the National Merit Scholarship and Gates Scholarship, teachers praised him for having an excellent memory. 'He can read a book and know everything in it,' English teacher Kate Robinson told WAVE at the time. 'I'm pretty sure he has a photographic memory.' 'He's kind,' science teacher Karen York said 'I have never, ever once heard him ever speak a bad word.' Blackburn's death is the sixth death of an undergraduate at the school since 2021. All the five previous deaths were ruled as suicides, the Daily Princetonian revealed.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Princeton Junior Found Dead in Lake Days After He Went Missing
Lauren Blackburn, a junior at Princeton University, was found dead in a lake on Friday, April 25, nearly one week after he was last seen at a campus library. He was 23. Blackburn's body was found in Lake Carnegie, a man-made lake on the university's campus, per an email by the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Regan Crotty, the Daily Princetonian reported. Authorities previously pinged a missing phone to the area, located near the Firestone Library, where he was last seen on Saturday, April 19, at approximately 6 p.m. local time, according to a Tiger Alert emailed to students on Tuesday, April 22. The university held a gathering at New College West Head of College House on Friday. Deans from the Office of Religious Life, counselors and residential college staff were available at the event, per Crotty's email. Blackburn was an English major and a member of New College West. Related: Ex Princeton Wide Receiver Tiger Bech, Brother of TCU Star Jack Bech, Dies in New Orleans Attack: 'Love You Always' The Department of Public Safety began its search for Blackburn in Lake Carnegie on Monday, April 21. The lake, which is nine feet deep and 35 feet from the shoreline, was constructed for Princeton's rowing team in 1906, according to the university. Blackburn was a recipient of the 2024 Sam Hutton Fund for the Arts and a former features writer for Princeton's student newspaper. Prior to his college career, he received the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, per WAVE. He also earned the Gates Scholarship as a high school student at Corydon Central High School in Corydon, Ind. Related: Death of Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Ruled a Suicide 'I'm very grateful and feel very blessed,' Blackburn told the outlet at the time. 'Princeton will allow me to study anything and get a world class education in anything.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The student's death is the third undergraduate passing in three years, and the seventh since 2021. All six undergraduate deaths before Blackburn's have been ruled suicides, The Daily Princetonian reported. An investigation into his death is ongoing. Blackburn's cause of death has not been confirmed. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to Read the original article on People
