By Ryan Dunn
Staff Writer, The Post
May 6, 2008
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Athens County Emergency Communications yesterday released the 911 call made from the Riverpark Towers apartment where police found two dead students Saturday morning.
The mother of first-year Hocking College student Christopher Theil found her son and Ohio University senior Kelly Armbruster apparently dead in a Riverpark Towers apartment Saturday morning, according to the recording. Police said they found no obvious signs of foul play.
Theil’s mother said in the call that she was visiting Athens for Moms Weekend and had fallen asleep at 2 a.m. Saturday morning. It is unclear where she slept from the recording. She called 911 at 6:15 a.m., saying she had found them in the bathroom.
“I just pulled my son and his girlfriend out of the bathtub,” she said in the call.
She declined to comment for this story.
Armbruster was a senior studying management and strategic leadership in the School of Business, said university media specialist Katie Quaranta. Theil was a first-year student studying music management at Hocking College, said Hocking College public information director Judy Sinnott.
Police are investigating the deaths and talking to acquaintances of Armbruster and Theil, said Athens Police Capt. Tom Pyle.
“There was no obvious example of foul play involved,” Pyle said, noting that the crime scene lacked clear signs of physical force, such as breaking and entering.
The Athens County Coroner could not be reached for comment. A full coroner’s report will be available in four to eight weeks, Pyle said.
A woman who answered the phone at Riverpark Towers yesterday would not say who leased the apartment where Theil and Armbruster were found.
Ohio University addressed the deaths in a universitywide e-mail yesterday afternoon.
“On behalf of the university community, our hearts go out to the students’ families and friends who are dealing with this tragedy,” wrote Kent Smith, vice president for Student Affairs.
School officials usually wait until after the funeral to allow the family time to grieve before choosing a way to honor students, Smith said. Sinnott was unsure how Hocking would recognize Theil.
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