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A college student was found dead in a parking lot Sunday near the Frank J. Woods Bridge in Topsham, Maine, according to officials.Topsham Police said the victim was a 20-year-old woman from California who was attending Bowdoin College. Police did not release the woman's name, but Bowdoin College President Safa Zaki released a statement identifying the student as Qingyang Zhan.Police responded around 7 a.m. Sunday morning to a report of a deceased person located in the parking lot at 2 Main St.The woman’s body has been transported to the Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy to be conducted. Officials are awaiting the results.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/special-olympics-maine-founder-accused-grooming-sexually-abusing-9-year-old" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SPECIAL OLYMPICS MAINE FOUNDER ACCUSED OF GROOMING, SEXUALLY ABUSING 9-YEAR-OLD</a>The incident remains <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">under investigation</a>, but police said they do not believe there is a threat to the public.Zaki's statement notified the campus community of the death of Zhan, who was otherwise known as K, WMTW reported. Zhan, born in Shanghai, China, has lived in the U.S. since 2019. She went to school in California before starting at Bowdoin College in the fall of 2021."Faculty members describe K as a bright and engaging presence, and many will remember her warmth and kindness," Zaki wrote. Her academic advisor, Jean Yarbrough — the Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences — described K as a student who was "deeply interested in the most important theological and philosophical questions."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-court-upholds-maines-sunday-hunting-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TOP COURT UPHOLDS MAINE'S SUNDAY HUNTING BAN</a>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">college is offering extended counseling hours</a> for students this week following Zhan's death."Like so many of you, I am heartbroken and shocked," Zaki wrote. "There really are no adequate words to convey how devastating this loss is for our community. I know you join me in extending heartfelt condolences to K’s family."

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content: A college student was found dead in a parking lot Sunday near the Frank
 J. Woods Bridge in Topsham, Maine, according to officials.Topsham Police
 said the victim was a 20-year-old woman from California who was attending Bowdoin
 College. Police did not release the woman's name, but Bowdoin College President
 Safa Zaki released a statement identifying the student as Qingyang Zhan.Police
 responded around 7 a.m. Sunday morning to a report of a deceased person located
 in the parking lot at 2 Main St.The woman’s body has been transported to
 the Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy to be conducted. Officials are awaiting
 the results.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/special-olympics-maine-founder-accused-grooming-sexually-abusing-9-year-old"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">SPECIAL OLYMPICS MAINE FOUNDER ACCUSED OF
 GROOMING, SEXUALLY ABUSING 9-YEAR-OLD</a>The incident remains <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">under
 investigation</a>, but police said they do not believe there is a threat to the
 public.Zaki's statement notified the campus community of the death of Zhan,
 who was otherwise known as K, WMTW reported. Zhan, born in Shanghai, China, has
 lived in the U.S. since 2019. She went to school in California before starting at
 Bowdoin College in the fall of 2021."Faculty members describe K as a bright
 and engaging presence, and many will remember her warmth and kindness," Zaki wrote.
 Her academic advisor, Jean Yarbrough — the Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social
 Sciences — described K as a student who was "deeply interested in the most important
 theological and philosophical questions."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-court-upholds-maines-sunday-hunting-ban"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">TOP COURT UPHOLDS MAINE'S SUNDAY HUNTING
 BAN</a>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">college is offering extended counseling hours</a>
 for students this week following Zhan's death."Like so many of you, I am
 heartbroken and shocked," Zaki wrote. "There really are no adequate words to convey
 how devastating this loss is for our community. I know you join me in extending
 heartfelt condolences to K’s family."
summary: A 20-year-old Maine college student was found dead in a parking lot Sunday
 near the Frank J. Woods Bridge in Topsham. Officials are awaiting autopsy results.
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