East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark gave a preliminary cause of death of accidental drowning for the two University graduate students who were found in a pool near Tigerland early Sunday morning.
The students were 25-year-old Anton Joe and 28-year-old Ishita Maity. In the LSU Directory, both students were listed as graduate assistants in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy chair Michael Cherry expressed his grief in a news release.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the unfortunate and tragic accident involving Anton and Ishita,” Cherry stated in the release.
Toxicology samples were taken, but results will not be available for three weeks, Clark said.