Student attempts suicide on campus
Luke Stangel - News Editor
A significant amount of blood was found in a private piano room
on campus by police Thursday, from a student who apparently tried
to commit suicide earlier that evening.
The unidentified female student is recovering at a local hospital,
police said.
Police discovered "significant pools" of blood inside the room
shortly before 9 p.m. Immediately cordoning off the area, officers
conducted a thorough search of the entire campus, helped by a
blood-sniffing K-9 unit from Los Altos, deputy sheriffs from the
Santa Clara County Sheriffs office and a helicopter from San Jose
Police.
The K-9 unit picked up slight traces of blood outside the door, and
followed footprints that had sprinkles of blood around them.
Despite the significant amount of blood inside the room, police did
not find as much blood outside the door as they expected.
Apparently, a friend came and bandaged the woman and helped her to
the hospital, said Acting Assistant Chief Ron Levine of the
Foothill-De Anza police department.
Levine called all of the local hospitals until he found a woman
with cut wrists who matched his description. After briefly
interviewing the woman at the hospital, Levine returned to the
campus shortly after 2 a.m. Friday to call off the search.
Private piano rooms are available to students who are actively
enrolled in a music class on campus. Levine did not comment on
whether or not the female student in question had signed out the
room in her name at the time of the attempted suicide.
The private piano room, A25, will be closed this week but should
reopen soon, said Levine.
Police will not file charges against the student, as no permanent
damage was done to the room.