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Autopsy: Indiana University Student Died From Head Injuries

Hannah Wilson, 22, was found dead Friday morning in rural Indiana

A coroner says an Indiana University student whose body was found Friday in a rural area died from blunt force trauma injuries to her head.

Brown County Coroner Earl Piper said Saturday he estimates 22-year-old IU senior Hannah Wilson had been dead several hours by the time her body was found.

Authorities have filed a preliminary murder charge against 49-year-old Daniel E. Messel, of Bloomington in Wilson's death. He's being held at the Brown County Jail.

Police have not disclosed a possible motive or said whether Messel and Wilson knew one another.

The Fishers, Ind., woman's body was found about 8:30 a.m. Friday in rural area Brown County, just east of Monroe County, where IU's campus is located.

Wilson was reported missing Friday afternoon before authorities identified her body.

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