A Kentucky college student was found unresponsive in his dorm room with deep lacerations and bruises, and had not been breathing for 23 minutes. Her parents are seeking answers to what is now a months-long investigation into what happened.
Asbury University student Isabella Willingham, 21, was rushed to the hospital on Nov. 27 due to the severity of her injuries and was admitted to the intensive care unit. rex 18.
Willingham’s parents didn’t hear from her for hours after she returned to campus after Thanksgiving, but they received a concerned call from her dormitory director.
“At 11 o’clock that night, I received a call from the dormitory manager who told me that Bella was being taken to the emergency room in an ambulance and that he had found her unresponsive on the floor of her room. “Roommate,” his father, Andy Willingham, told the magazine.
Paramedics later told the parents that their daughter had stopped breathing for 23 minutes.
But her injury also raised painful concerns.
Photos obtained by the show showed Willingham suffering from deep cuts and swelling on his leg.
A young college student also discovered that his acrylic nails had peeled off when he woke up in the hospital.
She spent two weeks recovering at the University of Kentucky Hospital.
The Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office confirmed and recorded Willingham’s multiple injuries and began an investigation to determine what happened to the student.
However, her father was furious with the local police department and the university. He told Lex18 that police allegedly said his daughter’s injuries were likely caused by a fall from a bunk bed, but he pushed back on that claim.
“There’s no way these things could have been caused other than someone doing something to her,” he told the TV station.
Andy Willingham also said the university did not take what happened to his daughter seriously and waited more than a week before notifying other students that there was a potential threat on campus. said.
“As a parent, you want to know if it’s potentially dangerous for someone to come into your school or campus,” the concerned father told the program.
Andy Willingham said Asbury University said it was aware of what happened to Willingham, but told other students it did not believe there was a threat on campus.
The father points out that the university has not asked anyone for information about what happened to his daughter, and that an email probing the chip was sent to female students in his daughter’s dormitory, but not to all students. He claimed that he could not.
Months after their terrifying ordeal, the Willingham family is still searching for answers.
“I contacted them and said this is no good and if anyone knows anything please give me the details to come forward and the school’s response to me was they are doing everything they can. “I felt like I was,” he says. he told the outlet.
His father, an alumnus of the school, said that before the incident, Asbury University “wasn’t in a good place, and it’s still a good university.”
An Asbury University spokesperson told Lex18 in a statement that the investigation is “ongoing” and the school is working with law enforcement to determine what happened to Willingham.
“We are unable to provide any updates or specific information at this time. Asbury University’s priority remains the safety and well-being of our students, faculty, and staff.”
The university then asked that all “further inquiries” be forwarded to the Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office.
Asbury University is a small school of about 1,900 students, with about 90% of undergraduates living on campus, according to the university. Website.
The university is located approximately 24 miles from the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
