Body found near MSU south campus identified

Ray Wilbur

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Provided For The Sun-Telegraph

The body Michigan State University Police found April 13 on the south side of campus has been identified as missing French senior Patrick Kegan Cochrane. Cochrane was 21-years-old.

Cochrane was last seen around 3:15 p.m. April 8 in Snyder-Phillips Hall. Information gathered by police and posted on Cochrane’s social media, such as his Facebook page, indicated he had plans to take his own life.

Working with the Michigan State Police Aviation Unit, MSUPD located the body at about 11:40 a.m. Wednesday morning during a search in a h...