Father presses for answers in college freshman daughter’s death after fall from dorm: 'She was our world'
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A father from Washington state is seeking answers regarding the investigation of his 18-year-old daughter’s death on a California university campus earlier this year.

Liz Hamel, 18, was discovered unconscious near a dormitory at the University of California Santa Barbara on February 14, after she seemingly fell from a breezeway. She passed away a few days later.

But what happened leading up to her death remains a mystery. 

“In the months following, we have been kept informed by the UC Santa Barbara Police Department, and they have shown us great kindness and empathy. However, as the investigation is still ongoing, they are limited in the details they can share,” Liz’s father, Alain Hamel, explained to Sandra Smith, co-anchor of Fox News “America Reports” in a Friday interview.

“UCPD is committed to continue its comprehensive investigation to seek answers related to this tragic event and has been working closely with the district attorney’s office and the sheriff’s office since the early stages of the investigation.”

Hamel said he doesn’t know the man who was with his daughter and neither did his daughter’s friends. He is not a suspect in her death. 

Hamel said, as far as he knows, they met at a noodle bar that night, “and they hit it off, and it was Valentine’s Day. So, I think that might’ve had something to do with it. And, yeah, they were photographed together only from a certain angle. And then they left a little after 10:06 (p.m.). And then, to my knowledge, at 10:27 is when she was found unconscious, having fallen from that breezeway.”

Liz Hamel

“She was great,” Hamel said of his daughter Liz. “She was our world. She’s our only child. And she was everything to us. She was a real joy. And, you know, we were so lucky to have 18 years with her. We wish we had more time.”  (Alain Hamel)

“She was great,” Hamel said of his daughter. “She was our world. She’s our only child. And she was everything to us. She was a real joy. And you know, we were so lucky to have 18 years with her. We wish we had more time.” 

A tipline is available at 805-335-3851 for anyone with information surrounding Liz’s death.

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