Student Found Dead Identified: County Coroner

BOULDER, CO - The Boulder County Coroner has identified the CU student found dead on September 27 as Zachary Taylor, of Falls Church, Virginia, according to a report from the Daily Camera. An obituary posted September 30 states that the 21-year-old was in his senior year and had been a research assistant at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

"Zac's kindness and pursuit of knowledge made us all better," his obituary reads. "He loved Colorado and being a CU Buffalo. We will all miss his zeal for life and his laughter."

The death was originally announced on the CU Boulder Police Department's Twitter page, which reported a student found dead at the Bear Creek Apartment Building in southeast Boulder. Police do not suspect foul play in the case, though the final cause and manner of death have yet to be released.

Taylor's family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the University of Colorado Student Support and Case Management, which aids students in times of crisis.

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