Irina Yarmolenko
CHARLOTTE -- The death of UNC Charlotte student Irina Yarmolenko is now being investigated as a murder. An autopsy report showed that Yarmolenko was suffocated.
The body of the 20-year-old sophomore was found Monday afternoon near a remote area of the Catawba River in Mount Holly.
The Mount Holly Police Department does not have any possible motives or suspects at this point.
Yarmolenko was last seen near the UNC Charlotte campus around 11 a.m. Monday morning. She was a graduate of Chapel Hill High School.
Anyone with information is asked to call Mount Holly police at (704) 827-4343.