Crime & Safety

Report: Autopsy Performed on UGA Student Found Dead in Backseat of Car

Michael McClary, 19, was found unresponsive by friends in backseat of car.

University of Georgia police are investigating what may have led to the death of a 19-year-old student from Decatur who was found unresponsive by friends in the backseat of a car early Saturday morning after a night out.

The Athens Banner-Herald reported an autopsy was performed Monday on Michael McClary, but it offered no lead into what caused his death. McClary was in the backseat of the car as he and friends were returning home around 2 a.m. Saturday, the newspaper reported. They pulled into a campus parking lot to try to revive McClary, but were unsuccessful.

There were no signs of foul play, the newspaper reported.

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