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GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM.
AND GOOD EVENING.
RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS NEED
YOUR HELP WITH AN EFFORT TO
FIND A PERSON WHO KILLED A
POPULAR GVSU STUDENT
ADVISER, SANTIAGO ZAPATA'S
BODY WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME
YESTERDAY.
NOW THE POLICE ARE KEYING IN
ON A CAR THAT LOOKS ALIKE
LIKE TO ONE.
THEY HOPE ITS THE DEBREAKING
THE CASE WIDE OPEN.
THEY ARE ALSO SAYING THE
PERSON WHO KILLED HIM MAY
HAVE KNOWN HIM.
"24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" JOE
LAFURGEY IS TRACKING
DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT AND
LARNING MORE BILLION THE
IMPACT OF LONG-TIME STUDENT
ADVISER HAD ON HIS
COMMUNITY.
JOE?
Reporter: GOOD EVENING,
BRIAN.
SURROUNDING THE HOME HERE ON
THE SOUTHWEST.
NOW WE WERE EXPECTING TO
HEAR AUTOPSY RESULTS TODAY
AND WE UNDERSTOOD THAT
AUTOPSY WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
PLACE AND ALL GRAND RAPIDS
POLICE ARE SAYING THAT HOUR.
HE DIE TRAUMATIC INJURY AND
WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
MANY OF THEM FORMER STUDENTS
OF ZAPATA SAY THEY CONVINCED
HIM THAT HE WAS IN THEIR
FUTURE.
REALIZE YOU HAD TO WORK
TO GET THERE.
THAT IS REALLY THE MAIN
MEMORY OF HIM.
THE MEMORY THAT STUCK
WITH AMBER.
SHE WAS A SIXTH-GRADER WHEN
SHE MET SANTIAGO ZA FAT,
JR., WAY WAS AT VISOR WITH
GRAND VALLEY STATE
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
THE PROGRAM HELPS MENTORS
INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TARGETING THE STUDENTS WHO
HAVE POTENTIAL TO MAKE IT TO
COLLEGE BUT DON'T COME WERE
TRADITIONAL COLLEGE
BACKGROUNDS.
THE COMMENT SECTION ON THE
STORY AT WOOD TV!
COM SHOWS WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT HE HAD OVER THE YEARS
AND AMONG THOSE COMMENTING
AND CAUSED HER TO TAKE YEAR
OFF AT CLASSES AND
INSPIRATION TO GOES BACK TO
WHAT SANTIAGO ZAPATA TOLD
HER YEARS AGO.
HE WOULD DRO INTRODUCE
DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT HOW
HE GOT INTO COLLEGE AND HE
MADE IT REALISTIC BUT FUN AT
THE SAME TIME.
A THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED
AFTER FRIENDS CALLED THE
POLICE WORRIED BECAUSE THEY
HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM IN
SELF DAY INCH ONE FRIEND
TOLD NEWS NEWEST E-MAILED
ZAPATA FRIDAY AND WAS
SURPRISED WHEN HE DIDN'T
HEAR BACK.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE WERE
NO SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY
LEADING TO SOME SPECULATION
HE MAY HAVE KNOWN THE
KILLER.
SOMETHING STUDENTS FIND HARD
TO BELIEVE.
MY REACTION, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHO WOULD WANT TO ***
HIM.
HE WAS JUST A GREAT PERSON.
LET'S GO BACK TO YET
ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF
EVIDENCE.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
IT IS THE CAR, 2004 CHRYSLER
CROSSFIRE.
THIS PICTURE PROVIDED BY THE
GRAND RAPIDS POLICE, IT IS
NOT ZAPATA'S ACTUAL VEHICLE
BUT IT LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE SEEN
ANSWER ONE DRIVING AROUND
TOWN IN A CAR LIKE THIS OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, THAT
COULD BE A PERSON POLICE
WANT TO TALK TO AND THEY MAY
WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN.
OBVIOUSLY CALL THE GRAND
RAPIDS POLICE OR SILENT