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Cheerleader Found Dead In Former U of L Football Player's Apartment

Last updated on Friday, November 14, 2014

(FISHERS) - Police in Kentucky are scrutinizing a former Hamilton Southeastern High School football player after a University of Louisville cheerleader was found dead in his college apartment.

WTHR reports that the cheerleader died in July.

Investigators in Kentucky just released a final report on the death of U of L cheerleader Dani Cogswell. Those documents show Cogswell was found dead in Cameron Polk's Louisville apartment.

Polk told police he and the cheerleader rented a movie and she fell asleep. He said he left her in the bedroom and when he returned in the morning, he found her lifeless and face down in his bed.

He told his roommate to call 911.

The coroner ruled Cogswell died from a drug overdose - a mix of heroin, anxiety medication and a prescription for treating ADD. Cogswell's family said she'd a history of problems with drugs.

Investigators have not arrested Cameron Polk in connection with that incident, but U of L recently kicked him off the football team for another run-in with police involving drugs.

People were shocked to hear about serious trouble for Polk involving police, drugs, and a dead cheerleader at the University of Louisville, the school where he'd secured a full-ride scholarship.

Cameron Polk was not arrested in connection with the cheerleader's death, but last month, he was kicked off the football team after being cited by police for possessing and trafficking drugs: marijuana, hydrocodone pills and codeine syrup.

Polk is no longer a student at U of L, he's back home in Fishers where he and his family declined comment on the incidents.

Polk is accused of a felony for drug possession and trafficking. He's due in court in Kentucky on Friday for his arraignment.

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