University of Michigan Student Found Dead After Going Missing in ‘Extreme Cold Temperatures’

A student from the University of Michigan has been found dead nearly 24 hours after going missing in freezing conditions.

The last time Lucas Mattson was seen alive, he was leaving a fraternity party around 1 a.m. on Friday, January 23. He was said to be wearing only a T-shirt and jeans and no coat despite the temperatures dropping to as low as 0 degrees at the time, according to the University of Michigan’s Division of Public Safety and Security.

After hours of searching for the engineering student, 19, amid “extreme cold conditions,” police confirmed his body had been found on Saturday, January 24. There were no signs of foul play, but his cause of death is yet to be determined by the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner’s Office…

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