1 U of I student dead, another missing in Brazil

Published June 26, 2014 2:35pm ET



CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — One university of Illinois student is dead of an illness likely contracted in Brazil and another is missing in a separate incident in the country.

University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said Thursday that 29-year-old Ashley S. Walls of Chicago died Monday in Florianopolis in southeast Brazil.

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