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Valdosta State student may have been killed

8:41 AM, Nov 27, 2012   |    comments
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VALDOSTA, Ga. -- Valdosta State University Police say they are interviewing more than a dozen potential witness about the death of a freshman from Lawrenceville.

Investigators are awaiting autopsy results before making a final determination about the death of 17-year-old Jasmine Benjamin.

Authorities have already said they believe it was homicide.

But a commander with the Valdosta Police Department, Brian Childress, said police can't call the case a murder until they get a final autopsy report.

Officials say it could be several weeks before that report is available.

The aspiring nursing student was found unresponsive on a couch in a study room.

Authorities initially told Benjamin's parents she died of natural causes.