Overview
- Search teams located the body around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in a field west of campus near The Knoll in Cornwall.
- Officials said early findings do not point to a suspicious death as they opened a death investigation.
- The remains were transported to the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington for a Friday autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.
- The discovery followed an expanded multi-agency effort involving Middlebury police, Vermont State Police search-and-rescue, federal partners, and volunteers.
- Lia Smith, 21, was last seen on campus on Oct. 17 and was reported missing on Oct. 19, and the college says it is supporting the community and coordinating with investigators.