Clemson Sophomore Found Dead

A 19-year-old Mount Pleasant native was reported dead Saturday off campus near Clemson University, according to the Pickens County Coroner.

Tyler J. Karolczyk, a sophomore business major at the university, was reported as being unconscious by his roommate at 10:46 a.m. on Saturday, said Coroner Kandy Kelley. 

Though she will need toxicology test results to be certain, Kelley said there were signs that alcohol was a factor in the death. It takes 6 to 8 weeks for those test results to come back, she said.

This the third death of a college-age student near a South Carolina college this year.

Randall Heffron, a tennis standout from the Charleston area, died in September at Wofford College in an alcohol-related incident. Also in September, of Mount Pleasant died from a deadly mix of drugs while at the University of South Carolina.

An earlier version of this story indicated Karolczyk was a freshman. The reporters regret the error.