Overview

• Reed, 21, was discovered just after 7 a.m. Monday near the central campus pickleball courts in Cleveland, Mississippi.
• Multiple agencies, including the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the Bolivar County Sheriff’s Office, Cleveland Police, and the county coroner, are conducting the investigation.
• Bolivar County coroner officials said a preliminary exam found no lacerations, contusions, broken bones, or other injuries consistent with an assault, and a deputy coroner reported seeing no broken limbs.
• The university canceled Monday classes and centennial events, opened counseling services, and stated there is no ongoing threat to campus safety.
• Graphic video and online claims alleging additional injuries circulated, but officials refuted those assertions, and Reed’s family asked the public not to share the footage and to respect their privacy.