The unattended death of an 18-year-old Fort Hays State University is under investigation.

According to a news release late this afternoon from Ellis County Attorney Tom Drees, Hunter Lile was found deceased Tuesday morning, March 29, in Custer Hall on the FHSU campus.

An investigation underway by Dr. Lyle Noordhoek, 23rd Judicial District coroner, has preliminarily determined the manner of death to be suicide. Noordhoek’s investigation continues with the assistance of the FHSU Police Department and the Hays Police Department.

Custer Hall houses the students in the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science.  Hunter Lile was listed as a member of the 2016 class from Caldwell.

KAMS is a premier academic high school program for the state’s exceptional high school juniors and seniors.  They live on the FHSU campus while finishing their high school studies and also taking college-level instruction.

Noordhoek expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Lile.