A Lawrence fireman steps down off the fire escape ladder atop Watkins Scholarship Hall Friday morning. The KU Public Safety Office discovered a body on the ground behind Watkins around 8 a.m. Friday.

Published on April 24, 2009

KU Public Safety Officer Richard Whitis Jr. exits a stairwell gate behind Watkins Scholarship Hall, where the body of KU freshman Dalton Hawkins was discovered on the back lawn Friday morning. Residents of the hall reported that someone had tried to break into the building's sleeping porch about 2 a.m. Friday morning. Although police have not stated whether the two incidents were related, they have determined that Hawkins did fall from the three-story roof.

Published on April 24, 2009