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Officials suspect a drug overdose.
Delaware County EMS paramedics soon arrived and transported him to Ball Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 2 a.m. Burk was from Bloomington and was a student in the Center for Information and Communication Sciences. After interviewing about 12 friends of Burk, police say they learned Burk drank an unknown quantity of the drug known as GHB prior to leaving his house to go to a local bar. Robert Fey said GHB may have been a factor in his death. It is often associated with the club or rave party scene.