BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) --
Teammates are expressing their sorrow over the death of a UC Berkeley soccer player who went missing from a Southern California fraternity party over the weekend. On Monday, the Cal Athletics Department tweeted a message that said: "Today we lost a beloved member of the #CalFamily, Eloi Vasquez. We send thoughts & prayers to his family & friends."

"Eloi was a wonderful teammate," said UC Berkeley Soccer Coach Kevin Grimes. "He was very close to all of his players and our guys are grieving pretty hard right now."

Los Angeles police found the body of 19-year-old Eloi Vasquez around 2:25 a.m. Saturday. He was hit by a car on the Santa Monica freeway just a couple miles north of USC's campus.

His injuries were so gruesome that family members say officers thought he was an older man, until identifying him as the missing Cal soccer player on Monday.

"Eloi Vasquez was a wonderful young man," said UC Berkeley Assistant Athletic Director Wesley Mallette. "A fantastic student athlete, dedicated and devoted to everything he did."
http://abc7news.com/news/missing-cal...reeway/588462/

kidnapped by a UCLA student as a prank maybe? i mean it's spring break
hope he gets found tho

I hope everything gets resolved Dangerous

Is USC situated in a rough neighborhood? How far is USC from UCLA?

The USC area at 1:30am?

Hope he's ok.

Maybe he should just have stayed in Berkeley and partied with the fraternity there? Why go all the way to USC?

Per article:
When he left the party, Vasquez didn't have his wallet, money or identification on him

The neighborhood immediately around USC is patrolled pretty carefully, but if you get a couple blocks away the neighborhood quickly gets rough.

USC is a decent distance from UCLA, about 15-20 miles I think.

I hope the guy is ok.

doing some research about the neighborhood and found this article. It's near that same spot where the Asian exchange students were attacked?

The University of Southern California faces an issue that all urban schools have: student safety. Located in a spot just southwest of Downtown L.A., the school has a reputation (deserved or not) for being in a "sketchy" zone. http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/...94/usc-safety/

oh sis. why would you wander that area at that time? thank god I dont work by there anymore.

UC Berkeley student here... word has gotten around campus. It's pretty sad.
Hopefully hes found, but Ive visited USC. Total ghetto scary neighborhood.

Oh no that area is........ hoping for the best.

any new word on this?

USC at 2AM?

This sounds like a veronica mars mystery

He's found dead near USC Campus.



http://abc7news.com/news/cal-student...campus/588462/

He was a papi, tbh.

I feel like he was a hazing victim and the frat just made up stories to let their members off the case.

Just found out now that he's dead. RiP

Very handsome and very young. imagine what his family is going through right now.