The body of a missing Cornell University student was found Saturday in a gorge after he left a fraternity party and disappeared, police said.
Antonio Tsialas, 18, was reported missing Friday afternoon after he failed to meet up with his family for Family Weekend at the Ivy League school in Ithaca, the Cornell Sun reported.
The night before he vanished, the college freshman had dinner with his mother, then went to a frat event, the Miami Herald reported.
He was last seen leaving the Phi Kappa Psi house around 9:30 p.m. but had not been heard from after the gathering, police said.
Campus police reported that they found his body Saturday afternoon at the base of Fall Creek gorge.
“The circumstances of Tsialas’s death are still under investigation, but no foul play is suspected,” police said in a statement.
His mother said the Miami native was happy at college and had been selected as a campus tour guide in addition to joining the Cornell Mundial FC club soccer team, the Miami Herald reported.
Officials from his private high school, Ransom Everglades, remembered the teen as enthusiastic and driven.
“It was fitting that Antonio was a goalie, as he always seemed to be watching over his teammates,” Ransom Everglades head of school Penny Townsend told the Miami Herald in a statement. “He brought energy, enthusiasm and drive to all he undertook, and he elevated the spirits of those around him. He was truly a special young man, and we are all deeply saddened by the loss of Antonio.”