Desert View grad dies at Indiana college frat house

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.07.2008 A Wabash College freshman from Tucson was found dead over the weekend in a fraternity house, and Indiana authorities said that alcohol may have been involved. Johnny D. Smith, 18, was found unconscious Sunday morning at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house in Crawfordsville, Ind., and members called for an ambulance, said Jim Russell, the fraternity's national executive vice president. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene, and Crawfordsville Police Chief Kurt Knecht said Monday that investigators suspected alcohol was involved in the death, but they were waiting for autopsy results and toxicology tests. Smith's mother, Stacy Smith, told The Indianapolis Star that her son was found face-down in a pool of vomit. An autopsy was scheduled later this week for Smith, and toxicology tests... [read full story]                    

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