By
Staff Report
The Louisville Cardinal
A Western Kentucky University student was found dead early last Thursday morning outside of his dormatory building on the school’s campus in Bowling Green, Ky.
University officals said last week Dylan C. Prott reportedly leapt from his 20th-floor window in Pearce-Ford Tower, the tallest dorm building at the school.
The 18-year-old freshman graduated from Atherton High School in Louisville in 2005.
Officials at the university believe Prott had disabled a safety device designed to keep his dorm room window from opening more than three or four inches.
According to a report released last week, safety checks of the rooms in Pearce-Ford Tower are conducted monthly, and the check on Nov. 7 showed the window safety bar in place.
Blood and toxicology tests will be performed by the Warren County Coroner’s Office who will determine the official cause of death. Results of the toxicology test are expected to take 30 to 45 days.
The College Heights Herald, the WKU campus newspaper, reported that about 200 students, staff and emergency personnel were on the scene just after midnight Thursday morning.
Since Prott’s death, students at the school have created an “R.I.P. Dylan Prott” group on Facebook as a memorial to their friend and classmate.
A memorial service for Prott was held yesterday at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Louisville.
