A nursing student was found dead on the University of Georgia campus after not returning from a run

A sign for the University of Georgia is seen, May 28, 2004, in Athens, Ga. A woman was found dead Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, on the campus of the University of Georgia after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run, the university said. (AP Photo/Allen Sullivan, File)

This story was updated at 1:22 p.m.

A nursing student was found dead on the University of Georgia campus after not returning from a run, said authorities, who were checking security cameras and advising students to travel in groups and avoid the wooded area where her body was found.

Police do not have a suspect and are investigating this as a homicide, said University of Georgia Police Chief Jeff Clark.