SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The family of Elizabeth Hamel is once again reaching out to the public for their assistance in figuring out what exactly happened to the UC Santa Barbara freshman back in February.
On the night of Feb. 14th around 10:26pm, 18-year-old Elizabeth Hamel was found with major head injuries outside San Rafael Hall, an area of UCSB’s main campus adjacent to Isla Vista. It was believed she had fallen several stories from a breezeway balcony, Hamel died six days later from her injuries.
Months passed with little progress in the investigation and little known to the public…