This morning at 2:15am, members of the Charlottesville Police Departmet responded to a call from an apartment on 14th Street for what City spokesman Ric Barrick calls a "possible alcohol overdose." According to a press release from the City of Charlottesville, police found the unresponsive body of a female UVA student. The release says that attempts to revive the woman were unsuccessful, and that local law enforcement is "treating the case as a homicide investigation at this time."
The identity of the victim has not been released; the press release notes that more information regarding the incident "will be released later today."