A trans college student whose body was identified last week, took her own life, a medical examiner has ruled.

Middlebury College student Lia Smith, 21, was last seen on the campus in Vermont on the evening of 17 October and was reported missing by her father two days later. The Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team used aerial drones to try to locate her, while fellow students volunteered to help.

Her body was discovered on Thursday (23 October) in a field in the town of Cornwall near The Knoll, the college’s organic farm, and the medical examiner ruled her death a suicide the following day.

Smith was a senior who was double-majoring in computer science and statistics and was a former member of the women’s swimming and diving team as well of several university clubs.

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