Body found in Vermont during search for missing college student Lia Smith

A body was found Thursday during an ongoing search for missing Middlebury College student Lia Smith , Vermont state police said.

Members of the Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team located the body around 1:30 p.m. in a field west of the campus, near the school’s organic farm The Knoll.

Authorities did not confirm whether the body was Smith.

The body will be taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to confirm identity and determine the cause and manner of death. The autopsy is expected to be conducted on Friday.

State police said initial findings do not indicate the death is suspicious. A press conference providing updates on the search was scheduled for Thursday afternoon but canceled after the body was found.

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