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November 22, 2005

Brian McCloskey

Nothing new on the death of Virginia Tech freshman Brian McCloskey. Blacksburg police remain mum on the investigation, even when speaking to McCloskey's mother. The report below is courtesy of Roanoke Times police reporter Joe Eaton:

Brian McCloskey’s mother Dawn Powell got the call that her son was injured around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 5. She drove from her Maryland home to Carilion Memorial Hospital wondering how badly he was hurt. When she arrived her son was in a coma. He died five days later.

On Monday, Powell said police still had not told her how her son died.

“I know that they went to a party. And they were at a party, and somehow he got separated from his friends. And he was found later by people in a car that had pulled up and saw him lying there. First they didn’t think it was a person. They thought it was a grey bag or something,” Powell said.

If Blacksburg Police know more about what happened to McCloskey, they are keeping it close to the vest. Police spokesman Lt. Bruce Bradbery on Tuesday said the department has not ruled out that the 18-year-old was run over by a car or beaten. The investigation continues, he said, although it has slowed down while the students are out of town over Thanksgiving. He expected no new announcements until at least next week.

Comments

# 1

[December 14, 2005 7:29 AM]

Tommy

This is completer bullshit. This Bradbury guy should get his head out of his ass and watch CSI or matlock or something. Bradbury is a complete idiot, he should be asked to step down and ran out of town for being such a waste of time and energy. I am so disappointed in every/anybody involved with the investigation!

# 2

[January 16, 2006 4:13 PM]

M.L.A.

I just don't understand how this is happening. Blacksburg doesn't strike me as a bustling metropolis. Clearly someone there knows something about what happened, so what in the world is taking so long?

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