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A Senior, a Coleman-Morse Hall Sighting, and a Silver Alert: Notre Dame's HEOA Notification for Annrose Jerry

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On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, University of Notre Dame senior Annrose Jerry, 21, was last seen at 8:45 PM EST at Coleman-Morse Hall on the South Bend, Indiana campus. Notre Dame Police sent a campus-wide email around 7:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, and Indiana State Police issued a Silver Alert later that evening. Her body was found in St. Mary's Lake on campus around 11:15 AM EST Friday, January 24.

Alerts
3
Response
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Killed
1
Injured
0
Institution
University of Notre Dame
Private R1 · IN
~12,700 studentsND Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

3 messages in sequence · 2 verified verbatim

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
Verified verbatimVerbatim from Notre Dame News official 'Notre Dame seeks whereabouts of student' release497 chars
The Notre Dame Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in establishing the whereabouts of Annrose Jerry, a senior at the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Jerry is 5-feet-5-inches tall, with dark hair, and the university established earlier today that Ms. Jerry was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus at 8:45 Tuesday evening. Anyone who has seen Ms. Jerry since that time, or has information about her whereabouts, is asked to call the Notre Dame Police Department at 574-631-5555.
From the Notre Dame News official release; the alert was sent campus-wide via email around 7:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, 2020
The ~46-hour gap between Jerry's last sighting (Tuesday 8:45 PM) and the campus alert (Thursday evening) reflects HEOA's 24-hour determination window plus internal NDPD escalation
Jerry was a science-business major and a national merit scholarship finalist who played flute on campus — the alert deliberately omits these biographical details to focus on situational awareness
UPDATEbroadcast-message
Verified verbatimVerbatim Indiana State Police Silver Alert text reproduced in ABC News and contemporaneous coverage (WNDU, Wave 3, WISH-TV)509 chars
The Notre Dame Police Department is investigating the disappearance of Annrose Jerry, a 21 year old Asian female, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 150 pounds, black hair with black eyes. Annrose was last seen wearing an ankle length gray quilted coat over a multi-colored ankle length skirt or dress. Annrose is missing from Notre Dame, Indiana which is 149 miles north of Indianapolis and was last seen on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 8:00 pm. She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
Verbatim Indiana Silver Alert text issued by Indiana State Police at approximately 8:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, 2020, quoted by ABC News and WNDU
The Silver Alert distribution reaches highway message boards, broadcast media, and law-enforcement networks beyond what Notre Dame's email-only notification could achieve — the '149 miles north of Indianapolis' geographic anchor is standard Indiana Silver Alert template language
The 'extreme danger' and 'may require medical assistance' phrases are the Indiana Silver Alert's required criteria language under [Indiana Silver Alert statute](https://www.in.gov/silveralert/alert-criteria/)
FOLLOW-UPEmail
Approximate reconstruction466 chars
It is with profound sorrow that we share the news that the body of Annrose Jerry, the senior reported missing this week, was found in St. Mary's Lake on campus this morning. The St. Joseph County Coroner has positively identified Annrose, and no foul play is suspected. Our hearts are with Annrose's family and friends. Counseling, pastoral care, and other support resources are available through the University Counseling Center at 574-631-7336 and Campus Ministry.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed; Jerry's body was discovered in St. Mary's Lake at approximately 11:15 AM EST on Friday, January 24, 2020, and identified at the scene by St. Joseph County Coroner Michael McGann
The reference to 'Campus Ministry' reflects Notre Dame's Catholic identity and the institution's commitment to integrating pastoral care with HEOA wellness messaging
The recovery on campus rather than off-campus is statistically rare for missing-student cases — most are resolved off-campus
Context

Background

Annrose Jerry was a 21-year-old senior science-business major at the University of Notre Dame, a national merit scholarship finalist, flute player, and prospective dental school applicant. She was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on the South Bend, Indiana campus at 8:45 PM EST on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. After roughly 46 hours without contact, the Notre Dame Police Department issued a campus-wide email around 7:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, under the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 missing-student notification framework. The Indiana State Police escalated the case with a Silver Alert later that evening. Around 11:15 AM EST Friday, January 24, Jerry's body was discovered in St. Mary's Lake, one of two namesake lakes on the Notre Dame campus. St. Joseph County Coroner Michael McGann positively identified her at the scene; no foul play was suspected. The case is unusual within the HEOA archive because the missing-student notification, the Silver Alert escalation, and the recovery all happened on or immediately adjacent to the campus itself — illustrating that on-campus disappearances do not necessarily produce on-campus searches that succeed quickly.
Analysis

Key Findings

The ~46-hour gap between Jerry's last sighting (Tuesday 8:45 PM) and Notre Dame's campus alert (Thursday evening, ~7:00 PM EST) far exceeds HEOA's 24-hour determination window
The Indiana State Police Silver Alert escalation reflects a multi-jurisdictional HEOA response — university notification plus state-level missing-person classification
Jerry's recovery on campus in St. Mary's Lake is statistically rare; most missing-student notifications resolve off-campus, often far from the institution
Notre Dame's pairing of HEOA notification with Catholic pastoral framing (Campus Ministry) is a structural feature of how Catholic institutions implement the framework
Outcome
Body recovered from St. Mary's Lake on campus on January 24, 2020. St. Joseph County Coroner found no apparent signs of trauma; foul play was not suspected.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Notre Dame seeks whereabouts of student (Notre Dame News)
    news.nd.edu
  2. News
    Body of missing Notre Dame student found in lake on campus (ABC News)
    abcnews.go.com
  3. Student Paper
    Authorities recover body of missing Notre Dame student after sending campus-wide alert (The Observer)
    ndsmcobserver.com
  4. News
    Body of missing Notre Dame student found (WNDU)
    wndu.com
  5. News
    Annrose Jerry: A Tribute to the Notre Dame Student (Heavy)
    heavy.com
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