UPDATE 5:47 p.m. on Sept 29
SMU senior Jaein “Jaime” Shim was identified as the body found in Barr Pool this morning.
The 21-year-old was a senior, President’s Scholar and a member of the SMU Honors Program, according to a campus-wide email sent by the Student Affairs Office. He was from Seoul, Republic of Korea, studying English and Political Science through Dedman College.
UPDATE 4:04 p.m. on Sept. 29
A deceased body was found in the SMU Barr Pool Thursday morning. Here’s the latest information, what we know and what we don’t.
- The body was found by an unidentified male SMU student this morning around 9 A.M. SMU released a press release around noon.
#Breaking A body was reportedly found this morning in an SMU diving pool https://t.co/zbpCHQZFma pic.twitter.com/lD6lH2YoZ4
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) September 29, 2016
- The body has not been identified, other than the fact that it is an SMU student.
- We don’t know the circumstances. No foul play is expected to be involved.
- The SMU Police Department and Southwestern Medical Center came on-site to examine the body. SMU Police Department and the Dallas County Medical Examiner are investigating the incident.
Police and Southwestern Medical Center at SMU pool. The view of scene from nearby parking lot. pic.twitter.com/P2WzEn3gWm
— Jacqueline_Francis (@Jkfrancis_) September 29, 2016
Dallas medical examiner on the scene of investigation at SMU pool. @SMUTV pic.twitter.com/pLv0eMUA4n
— Jacqueline_Francis (@Jkfrancis_) September 29, 2016
- The SMU Men Swimming and Dive team practiced Thursday morning.
Mustangs getting after it this morning ahead of tomorrow’s relay event at UNT #PonyUp pic.twitter.com/vApkZ77GRr
— SMU Men’s SwimDive (@SMUSwimmingM) September 29, 2016
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