Lafayette College Student Was At Party Before He Died, Report Says

EASTON, PA — New details are emerging about the death of a Pennsylvania college student earlier this week. McCrae Williams, 19, a freshman at Lafayette College, died Monday after authorities determined he suffered from blunt-force head injuries. However, authorities have not revealed exactly how Williams sustained his fatal injury.

Williams was at an off-campus party in the hours leading up to his death, according to an NBC10 report that aired Thursday. The teen left the party and returned to his dorm room, Ruef Hall North, where he laid in bed for several hours into Sunday afternoon. That's when his peers became concerned and called for help, the report said.

Williams was taken to Easton Hospital around 4:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon. He was later moved to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Monday.

It is not known at this time if alcohol was involved in his death.

Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim completed Williams' autopsy Wednesday but did not determine a manner of death, saying he's waiting on toxicology results before officially determining how the lacrosse recruit died.

Police have said a "chain of events" that began Saturday led to the young man's death, but the specific details included in that timeline have not yet been revealed.

His death is currently under investigation by Easton Police, Lafayette College Public Safety, the Northampton County District Attorney's Office and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.

More details are expected to be released next week by the Northampton County District Attorney's Office.

McCrae's death follows a high-profile case of another Pennsylvania college student's death. Timothy Piazza died in February after falling at a fraternity party. Piazza sustained severe head injuries and internal bleeding as a result of the fall; charges have been filed in that case.