Father Presses For Answers In College Freshman Daughter’s Death After Fall From Dorm: 'she Was Our World'

A Washington state begetter is pressing for answers astir nan investigation into his 18-year-old daughter’s on-campus decease astatine a California assemblage earlier this year. 

Liz Hamel, 18, was recovered unconscious extracurricular a dorm connected nan field of nan University of California Santa Barbara Feb. 14 aft apparently falling from a breezeway. She died days later. 

But what happened starring up to her decease remains a mystery. 

"Over nan past fewer months, we’ve been briefed by UC Santa Barbara PD, and they've been very benignant to us. They've been … empathetic. But, of course, since it's an ongoing investigation, they can't springiness america a tremendous magnitude of details," Alain Hamel, Liz’s father, told Fox News "America Reports" co-anchor Sandra Smith successful an question and reply Friday.

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A Washington authorities begetter is pressing for answers astir nan investigation into his 18-year-old daughter’s on-campus decease earlier this year.  (Alain Hamel)

Hamel, who lives successful Seattle, told Fox News his family reached retired to nan organization this week for thief uncovering a man who was pinch his girl nan nighttime she fell. Within 24 hours, assemblage constabulary were capable to talk to nan personification of interest. 

"I deliberation it was incredibly successful. … I can't opportunity capable for Santa Barbara. It was truthful fast. They really helped america truthful overmuch to move nan investigation forward," Hamel said. "I'm not the police. I americium connected nan outside, but it seems for illustration they really moved it forward."

"An individual who was identified successful narration to nan incident astatine our residence hallway has been located and interviewed," UC Santa Barbara said successful a statement. "The investigation is still ongoing, and we cannot talk immoderate further specifications astatine this time. UCPD is keeping nan family informed and is moving intimately pinch (the) Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office.

Liz Hamel died aft apparently falling from a dorm breezeway successful February.  (Alain Hamel)

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"UCPD is committed to proceed its broad investigation to activity answers related to this tragic arena and has been moving intimately pinch nan territory attorney's agency and nan sheriff's agency since nan early stages of nan investigation."

Hamel said he doesn’t cognize nan man who was pinch his girl and neither did his daughter’s friends. He is not a fishy successful her death. 

Hamel said, arsenic acold arsenic he knows, they met astatine a noodle barroom that night, "and they deed it off, and it was Valentine's Day. So, I deliberation that might've had thing to do pinch it. And, yeah, they were photographed together only from a definite angle. And past they near a small aft 10:06 (p.m.). And then, to my knowledge, astatine 10:27 is erstwhile she was recovered unconscious, having fallen from that breezeway."

"She was great," Hamel said of his girl Liz. "She was our world. She's our only child. And she was everything to us. She was a existent joy. And, you know, we were truthful fortunate to person 18 years pinch her. We wish we had much time."  (Alain Hamel)

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"She was great," Hamel said of his daughter. "She was our world. She's our only child. And she was everything to us. She was a existent joy. And you know, we were truthful fortunate to person 18 years pinch her. We wish we had much time." 

A tipline is disposable astatine 805-335-3851 for anyone pinch accusation surrounding Liz's death.