A transgender Middlebury College student reported missing on October 19 died by suicide, authorities in Vermont said.

An autopsy conducted by the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington identified the body discovered Thursday during a search for Lia Smith as the 21-year-old transgender former student-athlete, Vermont State Police announced late Friday . The medical examiner on Friday determined that the student died by suicide.

"No additional details are available about this case," the state police said in a statement.

Smith, who previously lived in Woodside, California, was reported missing on Sunday—two days after she was last seen on campus. Authorities found a body Thursday in a field west of Middlebury in Cornwall near The Knoll, the college’s organic farm, state po

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