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Authorities are looking into the death of an upstate New York college student who died after spending hours off-campus in subzero conditions, according to authorities.
Tyler Lopresti-Castro, 20, of SUNY Oneonta, was discovered unconscious on the sidewalk outside a municipal bus garage by two Oneonta transit employees soon before 7 a.m. Thursday, according to officials.
The drivers phoned the police and fire agencies in the city. When emergency personnel came, they “tried all they could to revive him.”
Lopresti-Castro, who was originally identified by his SUNY Oneonta ID, was taken to a local hospital and died, according to investigators.
The teenager, who was dressed just in a sweater and pants, was reportedly suffering from “long exposure to extremely cold, subzero weather,” according to Oneonta Police Chief Christopher Witzenburg during a press conference Friday.
Witzenburg described the occurrence as a “cold weather-related incident” at the time.
According to Knapp, the temperature that morning was 12 degrees below zero.
The reason and manner of death are being investigated. An autopsy is anticipated to be conducted on Friday, according to authorities. According to authorities, there is “no sign of crime” at this time.
SUNY Oneonta has said that it is fully cooperating with the inquiry.
The institution issued a statement saying, “This is a very sad time for SUNY Oneonta.” “Our campus community is in grief at the death of one of our own, and we are focusing our efforts on assisting the student’s family and friends. Our hearts go out to them, and we are doing everything we can to support them at this terrible time.”
Lopresti-Castro, who resided off-campus, was discovered around 3.5 miles from the institution, according to Witzenburg.
Police are attempting to fill a two-hour gap in their chronology of his travels.
Lopresti-Castro was last seen around midnight Thursday, according to police, who did not specify where he was last seen. Detectives studied garage security footage and saw him emerge from a forested area behind the garage at 2:15 a.m., according to police, who think he traveled through heavy snow and across a drainage creek before emerging onto city land.
