AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas says a woman found dead in the heart of its campus was a first-year theater and dance student who had been reported missing.
Campus President Greg Fenves and Austin police identified the victim Thursday as 18-year-old Haruka Weiser, from Portland, Oregon. Investigators are treating her slaying as a homicide.
Fenves called it a “horrifying and incomprehensible crime” calling the “unthinkable brutality against Haruka … an attack on our entire family.”
Police have released no information on how she died.
Weiser was found Tuesday in a creek near the campus alumni center and football stadium. Fenves said she was reported missing Monday morning.
Fenves says campus authorities are working with Austin police “to locate and apprehend a suspect quickly.”