Mass Maritime Student Fatality Identified

BUZZARDS BAY — The Massachusetts Maritime Academy student who was found dead in her dorm room on Wednesday morning has been identified as 22-year-old Amanda Robinson of Bellmore, New York.

The Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois said in a statement that Robinson was a senior at the school and was set to graduate this spring.

A preliminary investigation indicates that she died due to a pre-existing medical condition, and her death is not believed to be suspicious, according to Galibois.

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However, the Chief Medical Examiner's office will be conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

State police were called to the scene at Robinson's dorm at around 9:42 a.m. Wednesday after her body was discovered in her room.

Mass Maritime President Rear Admiral Francis McDonald asked that the family's privacy be respected.

The Cape Cod Times reports that a vigil is being planned for Monday.

Robinson's death marks the third student death in Southeastern Massachusetts this month, after UMass Dartmouth student Frank Petillo Jr. was killed in a campus car crash on April 6.

Another UMass Dartmouth student, Alexandra Landry, also died on campus that same week.