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Foul play alleged in drowning of Indian-American student in Chicago | | The family of an 18-year-old Indian-American student, whose dead body was found floating in a harbor outside Chicago, has said that they suspect foul play despite medical experts declaring that the teenager died because of drowning. The family's claim came at an emotional
wake for Harsha Maddula, at a New Hyde Park funeral home.
"It's unexpected. We were hoping to find him. There's no way he would have drowned like that," the
New York Post quoted Maddula's uncle Vasu Kakollu, as saying. He said cops 'are
still trying to put some pieces together.' The Cook County, Illinois medical examiner
recently told Maddula's family that the teenager drowned, and that no signs of
trauma or foul play were found during the autopsy. Maddula was last seen in Evanston, Illinois on September 18 and his body was recovered on September 27.
According to police officials, Harsha, who was suffering from diabetes, went out on Friday
night last week with friends for two off-campus parties. On Saturday, some of
his friends left the second party and headed on foot to a third about a quarter-mile
away. When they arrived there, they realized that Harsha, who showed no signs
of being drunk, was gone.
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