Death of Ga. Southern student, Cumming native, remains a...

Police in Statesboro said Tuesday that they have not yet determined what killed a Georgia Southern University student from Cumming late last week.

Channel 2 Action News reported that 18-year-old Brooke Edwards was found unresponsive in her off-campus apartment Friday, and was later pronounced dead.

Edwards was a sophomore biology student according to the university.

A candlelight vigil was held in the teen’s memory Monday night at the university.

Her cause of death remained a mystery Tuesday.

“We are awaiting autopsy and toxicology results from the GBI Medical Examiner and Crime Lab,” Statesboro police Cpl. Justin Samples told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Edwards, a 2013 graduate of North Forsyth High School, was the second Georgia Southern student from Forsyth County to die in Statesboro in recent weeks.

ExploreMichael Gatto, an 18-year-old graduate of South Forsyth High School, died late last month after being badly beaten and left unconscious outside a Statesboro bar.

Grant James Spencer, 20, has been charged with felony murder in connection with Gatto’s death.

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