Body found in MSU residence hall basement

n Campus police say body may beformer student

EAST LANSING (AP) - A body was found yesterday afternoon in the basement of a Michigan State University residence hall, campus police said.

The body was tentatively identified as that of a former MSU male student, police told Detroit television station WJBK.

The body was badly decomposed, making it impossible to immediately determine the manner of death, investigators said yesterday.

Students in South Wonders Residence Hall had complained for several days about a foul odor before a maintenance worker followed the smell to a locked storage room and found the body about 2 p.m., said Detective Tony Willis of the MSU Department of Public Safety.

The Ingham County Medical Examiner's Office plans to perform an autopsy today, WJBK said.

No missing persons reports were pending with MSU campus police at the time of the discovery, Willis said.

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