Crime & Safety

Arlington Heights Teen Dies After University of Iowa Fraternity Formal

The 19-year-old was pronounced dead early Sunday morning. His autopsy was scheduled for Monday afternoon.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - A University of Iowa teen and Arlington Heights native died over the weekend following a fraternity event in Lake of the Ozarks.

Camden County Sheriff's Lt. Arlyne Page told Daily Herald reporters Monday that Freshman Kamil Jackowski, 19, was found unresponsive around 7 a.m. Sunday in a room at Camden on the Lake Resort.

"Emergency responders were called by another guest staying in the same room, and CPR was performed at the scene," Page said, in the Daily Herald article. "Jackowski was taken to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri, where he was pronounced dead."

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Jackowski's autopsy was scheduled for Monday afternoon. He was in Missouri to attend a Sigma Chi fraternity formal.

University officials placed bans after the incident on all out-of-town formals and alcohol consumption at official events. Page told reporters she could not speculate whether alcohol led to Jackowski's death.

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Named a 2015 All-Area team member, Jackowski played football at Hersey. A GoFundMe page to raise money for his funeral had generated nearly $38,500 in donations as of Monday afternoon.

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