The parents of a college freshman who was found dead on campus say they found out about her death on Facebook.
Jasmine Benjamin, a 17-year-old nursing student at Valdosta State University from Lawrenceville, Ga., was found dead in a study area in her dorm on Nov. 18. According to CBS Atlanta, police are treating the death as a homicide, pending the results of an autopsy.
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Jasmine's parents say the school did not inform them of her death, learning about it instead through a friend's Facebook post.
"For someone to be so insensitive not to reach out to the family, it's very, very hurtful to say the least," James Jackson, Jasmine's stepfather, told the network.
School officials say campus police notified Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department, which then notified her parents.
Jackson said police told him that Jasmine "had been dead for at least 12 hours before she was found, because passers-by thought she was simply sleeping on the study room couch," adding to the family's frustration.
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