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Week of January 29February 4, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Man Falls to His Death on CSUF Campus
A foil sheet covers Fullerton resident Michael Scott Zyram, 43, as police waited for the coroners arrival. Zyran felll to his death in an apparent suicide falling from the top of the Nutwood Parking Structure on the Cal State Fullerton campus Friday. Disturbance reports began coming in to the campus police around 4 p.m Friday afternoon; Zyram was pronounced dead at 4:29 p.m.
Fullerton resident commits suicide at Nutwood parking structure
Paramedics covered the body with a large white medical sheet shortly thereafter, as the man’s limp left arm jut out from under the sheet. As the sun set, trails of CSUF administrators, detectives and police Written By ADAM LEVY officials made their way in and out Daily Titan Executive Editor of the taped up area to discuss details news@dailytitan.com of the incident, occasionally pointing to the top where the wayward photos By Karl thunman jumper descended from. Shortly Daily Titan Photo Editor after 6:00 p.m., an Orange County photo@dailytitan.com coroner arrived and conducted a detailed investigation of the body. A A 43-year-old Fullerton man fell half-hour later, the body was loaded to his death in an apparent suicide into the back of a large white van on the Cal State Fullerton campus and taken to the Orange County late Friday afternoon, authorities Sheriff Coroner’s office, where an said. Michael Scott Zyram, who was autopsy was performed. Coroner ofnot a student at the university, fell ficials declined to confirm the name from the top level of the Nutwood of the deceased pending notification parking structure. of the next of kin. Upon notifica“The police had reports of a man tion of next of kin, Coroner official on the roof screamKelly Crawford said ing and walking on Zyram’s death was the top floor,” said They were trying ruled a suicide with CSUF spokesperson really hard to bring the cause of death Paula Selleck in a his life back but it was blunt being force phone interview. “By trauma. the time the police obvious ... It was a CSUF students arrived, the body was cold presence. were visibly dis– Manuel Arredondo traught as they passed on the ground.” Entertainment Arts Major by the grizzly scene Manuel Arredondo, a 32-yearand learned it was a old entertainment suicide. arts major, witnessed Daniel Vidiro, a as paramedics attempted to revive 23-year-year-old history major, said, Zyram with CPR to no avail. “I just can’t believe it. I’ve never been “They were trying really hard to this close to ... it’s quite a shock.” bring back his life but it was obvious An unidentified student in the [he was dead],” Arredondo said. “It structure looked mesmerized as she was a cold presence.” stared at the sheet covering Zyram. A battery of fire trucks, ambu- She said, “I just kinda wanna go lances, police cars and other univer- home,” before abruptly walking sity vehicles surrounded the entrance away. to the parking structure, which was “This is the first time I saw a dead quartered off in yellow tape. At ap- body – it’s a shame this had to happroximately 4:25 p.m., the deceased pen,” said Michael Samiley, a 19man lay on the ground, his chest cov- year-old computer science major. ered with patches of medical gauze “He must have had it pretty bad.” while his legs lie in a mangled form. Ru Chen, an 18-year-old business
management major, stood in silence as he surveyed the surroundings while leaving class. “It’s sad,” Chen said. “I don’t think jumping off a building is the
answer to things.” Spanish major Nayeli Madero, 23, said that in light of the incident, precautions should be taken to ensure the top of the parking structure
is enclosed. Operations Lt. Tom Gehrls said that discussions about the structure will likely take place. Selleck said that with the size of
History of CSUF Suicides
1977- Richard Drapkin age 31 CSUF Equipment technician for Instructional Media Center jumped from the 5th floor of the Humanities building on April 1. 1979- Susan F. McNelly age 24 CSUF Children’s center intern and former child development student jumped from the 8th floor of the Humanities building on April 20 in her second attempted suicide.
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1987- Gregory Hannah age 40 CSUF faculty member was found dead on March 16 after apparently killing himself two nights before from a drug overdose.
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1987- Steven Bradley English age 27 CSUF senior geology student went missing on Sept. 17, 1987 and was found in El Cerrito four days later dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A campus police car remains stationed next to the body of Michael Scott Zyram at 5:00 p.m Friday afternoon. An Orange County Sheriffs Corener left the scene with the body an hour later.
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the campus and community it encompasses, tragedies are inevitable. “Statistically, these things will happen from time to time,” Selleck said. “It’s very unfortunate.”
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1998- Danming “Peter” Huang age 29 CSUF foreign exchange physics graduate student was found dead alongside the 57 Freeway two weeks after he went missing. He was found on Sept. 16, 1998 and his death was determined a suicide by overdose of prescription medication.
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