Officials: Missing Purdue Student Electrocuted

A coroner has confirmed that a body found on the campus of Purdue University this week is that of a freshman who had been missing since January. Now, school officials say they will investigate how a door to a dangerous utility area was left unlocked. A Purdue spokeswoman says it appears that 19-year-old Wade Steffey entered the room through an exterior door, tripped, fell behind a high-voltage transformer and immediately died of electrocution. Officials believe Steffey had been walking around the dorm, trying to find a way in to retrieve his coat from a friend’s room. The dorm is about 50 yards from where he was last seen alive after he attended a fraternity party.