A Kentucky college student was found passive in her dorm room, showing deep lacerations and bruising, and remained without breathing for 23 minutes.
Her parents are now demanding for answers concerning the continuous investigation into the occurrence.
Kentucky College Student Mysteriously Assaulted in Dorm Room
Isabella Willingham, 21, a student at Asbury University, was earnestly hospitalized on November 27 and admitted to intensive care due to the seriousness of her injuries, as reported by Lex18.
Willingham's parents, who had not heard from her for several hours after she returned to campus following Thanksgiving, gets an startling call from her dorm resident director.
"At 11 that night, we get a call from the resident director of her dorm, and she tells us that Bella is in an ambulance on her way to the emergency room, that she had been found unresponsive on the floor of her room by her roommate," recounted her father, Andy Willingham.
Paramedics informed her parents that their daughter had stopped breathhing for 23 minutes. However, the nature of her injuries also raised serious dealings. Willingham suffered from deep lacerations and swollen legs, as revealed in photos obtained by the outlet.
Upon awakening in the hospital, the young university student also discovered her acrylic nails had been torn off. She spent a fortnight recuperating at the University of Kentucky Hospital.
The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office confirmed and documented Willingham's numerous injuries and initiated an investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the student's ordeal.
Victim's Parent Calls for Investigation
Nevertheless, her father took issue with the local law enforcement and the university. He informed Lex18 that the police purportedly suggested his daughter's injuries were likely the result of falling from her bunk bed, a claim he disputed.
"There's no way this could've been caused by anything other than someone doing something to her," he asserted to the station.
Andy Willingham also criticized the university for not treating his daughter's situation seriously and delaying over a week before alerting other students to a potential threat on campus.
"As a parent, I want to know if there's a possibility of someone coming into the school or campus being potentially dangerous," the concerned father expressed to the outlet.
According to Andy Willingham, Asbury University acknowledged the incident involving Willingham but assured other students that they did not perceive any threat on campus.
The father noted that the university did not request anyone to step forward with information regarding his daughter's situation and claimed that an email soliciting tips was dispatched solely to girls in his daughter's dormitory, not the entire student body. Now, months after the distressing ordeal, the Willingham family is still seeking answers.
"I contacted them and said this is not okay, you have to give a detail so if someone knows something, they'll come forward, and the school's response to me was that we felt like they had done everything they could do," he conveyed to the outlet. Subsequently, the university urged that all "additional inquiries" be directed to the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office.
Asbury University is a small institution with generally 1,900 students, and approximately 90% of its undergraduates reside on campus, according to the institution's website.
Situated about 15 miles from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, the university is popular for its close-knit community and campus lifestyle.
