UMBC Student Reported Dead Is Alive And Well

Confusion and relief is setting in at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

A Shady Grove campus student the school thought was dead, is very much alive.

In an email sent to students Wednesday, Nancy Young, Vice President for Student Affairs announced that the parents of Odessa Jones, a psychology student, had informed the school of her death.

The email said a memorial service was planned for Friday night at a Silver Spring church.

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