Student Critical After Tenn. Dorm Attack
Pastor Dale Morgan
Student Critical After Tenn. Dorm Attack*
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - A Middle Tennessee State University student
attacked another in his dorm room overnight, critically injuring the
young woman, university officials said Wednesday.
The 18-year-old freshman was found unconscious in the room of the
suspect, who placed an emergency call around midnight, said Bob Glenn,
vice president for student affairs.
Kevin Sisco, also an 18-year-old freshman, was charged with attempted
first-degree murder after campus police consulted the local district
attorney, university Police Chief Buddy Peaster said.
The woman was beaten and sustained trauma to her head, Peaster said. He
did not know if the woman had been beaten with a weapon of some kind,
although none had been found.
Sisco told police the woman had a medical condition and had fallen down,
Peaster said, adding, "His explanation didn't coincide with what we were
seeing."
The victim was listed in stable but critical condition Wednesday at
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Glenn said.
Police were still waiting on forensic tests to determine whether she
might have been sexually assaulted. They released the woman's name, but
The Associated Press generally does not report the names of victims of
sexual assault.
Sisco was being held without bail Wednesday; information on whether he
had an attorney was not immediately available.
Sisco and the young woman lived in the same coed dorm and knew each
other, but investigators were still learning details about their
relationship, Peaster said.
The university is about 30 miles southeast of Nashville and enrolls
about 22,500 students.
Both students' families were notified and the university sent out an
e-mail to faculty, staff and students Wednesday morning. The university
held a meeting Wednesday afternoon with students living on campus to
answer questions about the attack, university spokesman Tom Tozer said.