Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead

Misrach Ewunetie

Misrach Ewunetie, a 20-year-old undergraduate student at Princeton University, has been found dead on campus after she went missing Oct. 14.

Ewunetie, who was expected to graduate in 2024, was found behind tennis courts at the school by a facilities employee at about 1 p.m. Thursday.

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Misrach Ewunetie
Missing Princeton Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead

Misrach Ewunetie cause of death.

An autopsy will be conducted to determine her cause of death, but there were no obvious signs of injury and her death does not appear suspicious or criminal in nature,” New Jersey’s Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Investigators separately told Fox News Digital that they had recovered Ewunetie’s cellphone near her remains, and they do not believe her body was “placed” where it was found.

Misrach Ewunetie phone ping

Her family had previously told The Sun they saw her phone “ping” on the “Find My Friends” app at a suburban address in Montgomery Township on Sunday.

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Before her death, Misrach Ewunetie was last seen Friday, Oct. 14 at about 3 a.m. near Scully Hall, a dormitory building on campus.

Her family contacted the school’s department of public safety Sunday saying they had not heard from her in days and asked them to do a wellness check.

The department issued a missing alert Monday and had increased the law enforcement presence at the school. Helicopters and drones had also been circling the area as the search continued.

In a statement, the school’s Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun called Ewunetie’s death an “unthinkable tragedy.”

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