Students at Purdue University residence hall say they were left in the dark about killing for hours
Several students in the Purdue University residence hall where a student was killed early Wednesday said they had no idea there'd been a homicide there
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Several students in the Purdue University residence hall where a student was killed early Wednesday said they had no idea there'd been a homicide there until hours later, when they learned about it from friends or the news or in an email from the school president.
A resident of McCutcheon Hall, the all-male dorm where senior Varun Manish Chheda was killed on the first floor, said he was in the dark even after having heard from university President Mitch Daniels.
“When I saw the email it didn’t even list which residence hall it happened at,” said Kolitha Perera, a freshman who lives on the fifth floor. “I had to Google it to find out what happened and was shocked that it was in our building.”
“We got most of our information from the news like everyone else,” he said.
Perera said he started school at Purdue two months ago, knows few people on campus and was left fearful after Chheda’s death.
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