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Northwest Missouri football player found dead

Posted at 5:04 AM, Feb 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-01 12:46:08-05

Police say a Northwest Missouri State University student athlete has been found dead in his campus residence. 

Nicholas Turner, a football player and junior at Northwest Missouri, was found dead on Sunday, according to the university. 

The death is being investigated by the Nodaway County coroner's office, Maryville Public Safety and University Police. No foul play is suspected. 

Turner was a corporate recreation and wellness major from St. Louis. 

The Northwest community is invited to a gathering at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom to remember Turner.

The death of turner comes just two weeks after another Northwest student, freshman Haily Hayes, was found dead in her campus residence.No foul play was suspected in that case. 

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