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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.

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