UNC community mourns loss of student who died after being pulled from Eno River

Posted May 22, 2019
A 20-year-old man who was pulled from the Eno River last week has died, and the University of North Carolina community is mourning the loss of their fellow student. Karriem Eric Jenkins studied biology and psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill. He planned to graduate next year. Jenkins was pulled from the river just after 3 p.m. last Wednesday. (ABC 11)

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