Todd Shelton, a spokesman for the national office of the fraternity, said the students have been instructed to cooperate fully with the Berkeley police investigation. 'There are no indications of foul play and alcohol appears to have played a factor in his death.'Įngler's cause of death has not been released, according to officials. 'Based on the preliminary investigation, it appears he fell from a significant height prior to his death,' Coats said in a statement. Despite being a current member of Pi Kappa Phi, he did not live at the fraternity house and was there for a holiday party, police said. Engler was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.Įngler, who previously attended UC Berkeley, was enrolled in classes at Laney College. Police arrived at 2908 Channing Way on reports of a suspicious death at about 7:30 a.m. No members of UC Berkeley Phi Kappa Psi have returned for this year. Please self-identify as a Berkeley community member who was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at an undergraduate institution or otherwise by completing our Anniversary Honor Roll form. The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau on Monday said the victim was 22-year-old Jeffrey Thomas Engler of San Leandro. PBK Alpha of Calif0rnia celebrates its 125th Anniversary in 20232024 with a lecture series by distinguished scholars from the UC Berkeley faculty who are also PBK members.

A former University of California, Berkeley student, who was found dead Saturday at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, has been identified.

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