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Causes of death are unconfirmed.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T18:46:26.467Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-24T18:28:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-25T19:45:52.736Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":50,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to named bodies and corroborated by multiple outlets, but key facts hedged with 'unconfirmed' and 'unclear'.","critic":"Reporting is clear and holds together, but lacks quotes from affected parties and details on what happens next.","hype":"Headlines promise new details and chilling strings of deaths, but the body offers limited new information."}},"tags":["#OleMiss","#StudentDeaths","#Kratom","#DrugInvestigation","#USNews"],"entities":["Aidan Hamilton","Robert Strang","University of Mississippi","Lafayette County Coroner's Office","Hindustan Times","New York Post"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["University of Mississippi students Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, died on September 21.","Kratom was found in a package during the investigation into the students' deaths.","The causes of death have not been confirmed by the Lafayette County Coroner's Office.","Hamilton's body was found at Stewart Hall, and Strang's at an off-campus home."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Two University of Mississippi students, Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, died on September 21. Kratom was found in a package during the investigation into their deaths, though its connection remains unclear. The Lafayette County Coroner's Office has not confirmed the causes of death. Robert Strang's body was found at an off-campus home, while Aidan Hamilton was discovered at Stewart Hall, a campus dorm."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on connection between deaths"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The New York Post reported that the two deaths are not believed to be connected. However, the Hindustan Times stated that the key question remaining unanswered is the allegations of overdose and authorities finding kratom during the probe, without revealing how it is connected to the deaths."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre or right-rated reports mention the specific locations where the bodies of Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang were found, beyond one mentioning Strang was found at an off-campus residence and Hamilton at Stewart Hall, a dorm inside the University of Mississippi campus, as reported by the Hindustan Times."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"The Daily Mississippian","url":"https://thedmonline.com/university-of-mississippi-confirms-names-of-two-dead-students","headline":"University of Mississippi confirms names of two dead students","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-26T23:53:51.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Conservative Journal 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