Article: SUSPECT IN UNIVERSITY STUDENT'S DEATH KILLS SELF.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: -- Associated Press

NEW YORK -- A university student was found dead in her dorm room on Saturday, and her boyfriend, considered a suspect in her death, died hours later after throwing himself in front of a subway train, police said.

Kathleen Roskot, 19, a Columbia University student from Long Island, was found dead in her bedroom with a stab wound to the neck, police said.

She was discovered by a resident assistant after she failed to show up for lacrosse practice, Columbia spokeswoman Suzanne Trimel said.

Authorities said a kitchen knife believed to be the weapon had been left in a bathroom.

Roskot's wallet was found ...

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