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Notre Dame Student From Maryland Found Dead in Dorm Room

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ An autopsy has been scheduled to learn what killed a 20-year-old University of Notre Dame student found dead in his dorm room.
 
University spokesman Paul Browne says Jake Scanlan of North Potomac, Maryland, was found unresponsive in bed in Siegfried Hall about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Students and a medical technician were unable to revive him. 
 
Brown says there were no signs of trauma or indications of foul play.
 
St. Joseph County Coroner Michael O'Connell says an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
 
Scanlan was a junior majoring in mechanical engineering.
 
The Rev. John Jenkins, the university's president, will preside over a memorial Mass at 9 p.m. Thursday in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus. Jenkins issued a statement extending his condolences and prayers to Scanlan's family and friends.

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