A third Lynn University student and a professor have been identified and found dead in Haiti. Lynn University officials said Friday that 19-year-old Stephanie Crispinelli and 53-year-old Professor Patrick Hartwick have been officially declared dead. Their bodies were found at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince.

The U.S. State Department has notified their families. Crispinelli was a sophomore from Katonah, N.Y. Hartwick was dean of the university’s college of education. According to the university, 14 people from the school were in Haiti on a trip to provide food for the poor when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck. One student and one faculty member remain unaccounted for.

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Stephanie Crispinelli

Lynn University President Kevin A. Ross said the search for “Journey of Hope” students and faculty will continue.  So far 8 students who escaped the Hotel Montana in Petion Ville, Haiti after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake,  have returned to the United States. 6 more remain missing including two professors.  The missing students & staff who were staying at the now destroyed Hotel Montana have not been heard from since the earthquake on January 12, 2010.  False intelligence have angered the parents of Britney Gengel who swiftly flew to South Florida to meet with their daughter after they were told that she was found.  The parents remain banded together and hopeful that their children are alive and well.

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