Friday, October 17, 1997
Student dies in apartment; police uncertain of cause
Criminal involvement ruled out in Sunyoung Moon’s death
By Mason Stockstill
Daily Bruin Contributor
Fifth-year UCLA physics student Sunyoung Moon died Wednesday
night, at age 24.
Details are still fuzzy, but police believe there is no evidence
of foul play in the death.
"It was just an unfortunate death, and we don’t know how she
died," said Detective Ron Phillips, of the West Los Angeles Police
Department.
"There was no party at the apartment," he said, nor was there
any reason to assume that the cause of death was anything other
than that of natural causes.
Police responded to a call from 516 Glenrock at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Phillips said.
According to sources at the apartment building, the body was
removed from the premises at roughly 1 a.m. on Thursday.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has completed the
autopsy, but no conclusion has been reached regarding the cause of
death.
"There was no criminal involvement in this case," said Scott
Carrier, public information officer for the Coroner’s office.
The cause of death will not be officially determined until the
results of the toxicology screen are returned from the lab, which
is expected to take approximately two to six weeks.
"There is no reason to infer that, because a toxicology screen
was requested, there was alcohol or drug abuse involved in this
case," Carrier said.
Moon, a senior, was a half-time student this quarter, according
to the office of the registrar.