Melrose Hall—Student Death

Kristofer Grant Boardman of Cordova, Tennessee, hanged himself from a third-story window of Melrose Hall on August 23, 2002. It was the first suicide since one in Morrill Hall in 1998. Since Boardman was hanging outside the building, a number of students witnessed the hanging or the hanged student.

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  • Title Melrose Hall—Student Death
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  • Website Name Volopedia
  • Publisher University of Tennessee Libraries
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  • Access Date July 21, 2025
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  • Date of Last Update October 9, 2018