Student found dead in Rice University dorm room in an apparent murder-suicide [Video]

A student at Texas’ Rice University was found fatally shot in her dorm room Monday in what police are now investigating as a murder-suicide.

It was the first day of the fall semester when university police received a call from Andrea Rodriguez Avila’s relative asking if authorities could perform a welfare check on the junior student after being unable to reach her, Rice University Police Chief Clemente Rodriguez said during a press conference.

After determining she had missed her classes that day, Rodriguez said police entered Avila’s Jones College dorm room around 4:30 p.m. to discover the Maryland native deceased. An unidentified male, who is not believed to be affiliated with the university, was also found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

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Investigators believe the pair were involved in a “troubled” dating relationship, Rodriguez said, after …