New Details Emerge In Death Of Pennsylvania College Student

EASTON, PA — New details are emerging about the death of a Pennsylvania college student earlier this week. McCrae Williams, 19, a freshman at Lafayette College, died Monday after authorities determined he suffered blunt-force head injuries. However, authorities have not revealed the nature of Williams' fatal injury.

Police have said a "chain of events" that began Saturday led to the young man's death, but the specific details of that timeline remain under wraps. Nonetheless, some revealing new information was released Thursday.

According to an NBC10 report, Williams was at an off-campus party in the hours before his death. He then left the party and returned to his dorm room, Ruef Hall North, where he laid in bed until Sunday afternoon. That's when his peers became concerned and called for help, the report said.

Williams was taken to Easton Hospital around 4:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon. He was later moved to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Monday.

It is not known at this time if alcohol was involved in his death.

Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim completed Williams' autopsy Wednesday but did not determine a manner of death, saying he's awaiting toxicology results before officially determining how the lacrosse recruit died.

Williams' death is currently under investigation by Easton Police, Lafayette College Public Safety, the Northampton County District Attorney's Office and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.

More details are expected to be released next week by the Northampton County District Attorney's Office.

Williams' death follows that of another Pennsylvania college student, whose high-profile case has received much media coverage. Timothy Piazza died in February after falling at a fraternity party. Piazza sustained severe head injuries and internal bleeding as a result of the fall; charges have been filed in that case.