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Middlebury College student Lia Smith was reported missing on Oct. 19, two days after she was last seen on campus

A body was found in the search for Smith on Oct. 23, police said

The initial investigation “does not indicate that the death is suspicious,” police said

A body was found in the search for missing Vermont college student Lia Smith , police said on Thursday, Oct. 23.

Members of the Vermont State Police and Rescue Team found the body in a field west of the Middlebury College campus, where Smith is a student, at around 1:30 p.m. local time, the Middlebury Police Department said in a statement . The remains were discovered in Cornwall, Vt., near the college’s organic farm, The Knoll.

Vermont State Police started a death investigation, and the body will be taken

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