The February death of 18-year-old student Liz Hamel was determined to be an accidental fall, the UC Santa Barbara Police Department said in a short statement Friday.
“Based on the totality of the exhaustive investigation, which entailed a systematic review and account of all available information and numerous interviews, including a person of interest identified during the course of the investigation, it is the department’s conclusion that the incident was an accidental fall that resulted in the student’s passing,” UCPD said in the statement. “Our hearts and thoughts are with the family and friends who have suffered a terrible loss.”
Hamel died after a fall on Valentine’s Day. She left a restaurant and bar that night with an unknown individual and about 20 minutes later, was found on the ground at the foot of the San Rafael Mountain Cluster, a UCSB on-campus dorm…