I have the sad task of informing the Valemont University community that a body found yesterday by a pair of hunters in Emry Forest has been positively identified as Eric Gracen. According to Investigator Loomis, the case is being investigated as a homicide.

This was not the outcome that any of us had hoped for - with the recent pranks being pulled around campus, I believed that perhaps Eric's disappearance was either a prank or a misunderstanding.

As an educator, I grieve for someone who never had the option to reach his true potential. As his Student Adviser, I grieve for my student and friend.

If any student needs to talk, my door is always open.

Best regards,

Prof. Nicholas Blunt