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Missing-student notification for a senior; her body was later found in a campus lake

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On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, University of Notre Dame senior Annrose Jerry, 21, was last seen at 8:45 PM EST at Coleman-Morse Hall on the South Bend, Indiana campus. Notre Dame Police sent a campus-wide email around 7:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, and Indiana State Police issued a Silver Alert later that evening. Her body was found in St. Mary's Lake on campus around 11:15 AM EST Friday, January 24.

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Injured
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University of Notre Dame
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Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Some messages in this sequence are documented (their existence, timing, and channel are sourced) but their exact wording is not preserved in the public record. Those entries appear as placeholders; only confirmed text is displayed.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
Verified verbatimVerbatim from Notre Dame News official 'Notre Dame seeks whereabouts of student' release497 chars
The Notre Dame Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in establishing the whereabouts of Annrose Jerry, a senior at the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Jerry is 5-feet-5-inches tall, with dark hair, and the university established earlier today that Ms. Jerry was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus at 8:45 Tuesday evening. Anyone who has seen Ms. Jerry since that time, or has information about her whereabouts, is asked to call the Notre Dame Police Department at 574-631-5555.
From the Notre Dame News official release; the alert was sent campus-wide via email around 7:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, 2020
The ~46-hour gap between Jerry's last sighting (Tuesday 8:45 PM EST) and the campus alert (Thursday evening) reflects HEOA's 24-hour determination window plus internal NDPD escalation
Jerry was a science-business major and a national merit scholarship finalist who played flute on campus, the alert deliberately omits these biographical details to focus on situational awareness
FOLLOW-UPEmail
Wording not preserved
A follow-up message is documented at this point in the sequence, but its exact wording is not preserved in the public record. The public edition displays only confirmed alert text.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, Claude (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

The Notre Dame Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in establishing the whereabouts of Annrose Jerry, a senior at the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Jerry is 5-feet-5-inches tall, with dark hair, and the university established earlier today that Ms. Jerry was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus at 8:45 Tuesday evening. Anyone who has seen Ms. Jerry since that time, or has information about her whereabouts, is asked to call the Notre Dame Police Department at 574-631-5555.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the message names The Notre Dame Police Department as the issuing authority, so a clear source is present.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", identifying the source.
    2. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    3. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    4. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department" as the issuing authority.
    5. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    6. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    7. present: "The Notre Dame Police Department" is named as the issuing authority.
    8. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", identifying the sender.
    9. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    10. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    11. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department" as the issuing authority.
    12. present: "The Notre Dame Police Department" is named as the issuing authority.
    13. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    14. present: "The Notre Dame Police Department" is named as the requesting authority.
    15. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    16. present: "The Notre Dame Police Department" is named as the issuing authority.
    17. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    18. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department" as the issuing authority.
    19. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department" as the issuing authority.
    20. present: The text identifies "The Notre Dame Police Department" as the sender.
    21. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
    22. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", identifying the issuing agency.
    23. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department" as the issuing authority.
    24. present: "The Notre Dame Police Department" identifies the issuing authority.
    25. present: It names "The Notre Dame Police Department", the issuing authority.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree, identifying a specific missing-person situation seeking a senior whereabouts as the named hazard.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It describes a senior whose "whereabouts" are sought, a specific missing-person situation.
    2. present: It describes a missing-person situation seeking the student's "whereabouts", a specific situation.
    3. present: It describes establishing the whereabouts of a missing senior, a specific situation.
    4. present: It names a missing person whose "whereabouts" they seek, a specific situation.
    5. present: It seeks to establish the whereabouts of a person, a missing-person situation.
    6. present: It describes a missing student whose whereabouts are sought, a missing-person hazard.
    7. present: It describes a senior whose "whereabouts" are sought, a missing-person threat.
    8. present: It seeks help establishing the whereabouts of a person, a specific missing-person situation.
    9. present: It describes a missing-person search for a student, a specific situation type.
    10. present: It describes a missing student whose whereabouts are sought, a specific incident type.
    11. present: It describes seeking a missing student's whereabouts, a specific situation.
    12. present: It describes a senior whose "whereabouts" are sought, a specific missing-person hazard.
    13. present: It describes seeking a missing student's whereabouts, a specific situation.
    14. present: It describes a missing student, a specific situation under the rubric.
    15. present: It seeks help establishing the "whereabouts" of a missing senior, a specific situation.
    16. present: It seeks whereabouts of a person last seen, a missing-person hazard.
    17. present: It describes seeking the "whereabouts" of a student, a specific missing-person hazard.
    18. present: It describes seeking a missing senior's whereabouts, a specific missing-person hazard.
    19. present: It seeks help establishing the whereabouts of a person, a missing person hazard.
    20. present: It names the hazard: a missing person whose "whereabouts" are sought.
    21. present: It describes the search for a missing senior whose whereabouts are unknown, a specific missing-person hazard.
    22. present: It describes a missing senior whose "whereabouts" are sought, a specific situation.
    23. present: It describes seeking the "whereabouts" of a senior, a specific missing-person situation.
    24. present: It seeks a senior whose "whereabouts" are unknown, a specific missing person hazard.
    25. present: It describes a missing senior whose whereabouts are sought, a specific missing-person hazard.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the alert cites Coleman-Morse Hall on campus as the last-seen location, a specific place.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It says "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    2. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    3. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    4. present: It specifies "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus".
    5. present: It names "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    6. present: It says "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    7. present: It says she "was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    8. present: It names "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    9. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    10. present: It says she "was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    11. present: It specifies "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    12. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    13. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    14. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus" as the last-seen location.
    15. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    16. present: It says she "was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus".
    17. present: It specifies "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a precise location.
    18. present: It cites "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus," a specific place.
    19. present: It says she "was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    20. present: It specifies "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus".
    21. present: It says "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    22. present: It names "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific place.
    23. present: It names "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    24. present: It names "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a specific location.
    25. present: It specifies "Coleman-Morse Hall on campus", a precise location.
  • Guidancepresent20/25

    Final assessment

    Majority (20 of 25) finds guidance present in the request to call the Notre Dame Police Department, a directed recipient action; five dissenters call it an information appeal rather than protective action.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: It asks anyone with information to call police but gives no protective action to recipients.
    2. present: It asks anyone with information "to call the Notre Dame Police Department", a protective instruction.
    3. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an action for recipients.
    4. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department".
    5. present: It asks anyone with information "to call the Notre Dame Police Department", a directed action.
    6. present: It asks anyone with information "to call the Notre Dame Police Department", a directed action.
    7. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", a directed action.
    8. present: It asks anyone who has seen her to "call the Notre Dame Police Department".
    9. absent: It asks for help locating her but gives recipients no protective action; it is an information appeal.
    10. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an instruction to recipients.
    11. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", a protective action.
    12. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an instruction to recipients.
    13. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", a recipient action.
    14. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an instruction to recipients.
    15. absent: It asks anyone with info to call police but gives no protective action to recipients generally.
    16. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an instruction to recipients.
    17. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", a recipient instruction.
    18. absent: It asks those with information to call police but gives the broad community no protective instruction.
    19. present: It asks anyone with information "to call the Notre Dame Police Department", an action for recipients.
    20. present: It asks anyone with information "to call the Notre Dame Police Department".
    21. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an instruction to recipients.
    22. present: It instructs anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department."
    23. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an action directed at recipients.
    24. absent: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", which is informational rather than a protective action.
    25. present: It asks anyone with information to "call the Notre Dame Police Department", an action for recipients.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree timing is present, citing 8:45 Tuesday evening and earlier today as clock and recency cues.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It says "last seen at ... 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", date/time cues.
    2. present: It states "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", clock time and recency.
    3. present: It says "last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", clock time and date.
    4. present: It states she "was last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today".
    5. present: It says she was "last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", clock time.
    6. present: It cites "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", times.
    7. present: It cites "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", specific times and recency.
    8. present: It cites "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", specific time cues.
    9. present: It gives "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", time references.
    10. present: It says "last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", times and dates.
    11. present: It cites she was "last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a clock and recency cue.
    12. present: It cites "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", a clock time and recency.
    13. present: It says she was last seen "at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a clock time.
    14. present: It gives time "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", recency cues.
    15. present: It cites "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", a specific time and recency.
    16. present: It says she was last seen at "8:45 Tuesday evening", a time cue.
    17. present: It cites she "was last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", times and dates.
    18. present: It cites being last seen "at 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today," clock and recency cues.
    19. present: It states she was last seen "at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a clock time and recency.
    20. present: It gives timing: "last seen at... 8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today".
    21. present: It says she "was last seen ... at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a specific time.
    22. present: It gives the time "8:45 Tuesday evening" and "earlier today", recency cues.
    23. present: It says she "was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a specific time.
    24. present: It states "last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a specific time.
    25. present: It says "last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on campus at 8:45 Tuesday evening", a specific time.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous absent; all reads agree a request for help locating a missing person states no hazard, harm, or danger to anyone.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student but states no harm, threat, or danger.
    2. absent: Seeks assistance locating a missing student but states no harm or danger to her or others.
    3. absent: Seeks assistance locating a missing student but states no harm or explicit danger to her or others.
    4. absent: It seeks help locating a missing student last seen on campus but states no harm or danger to her or others.
    5. absent: It seeks help locating a missing student without stating any harm or danger to her.
    6. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student without stating any harm, threat, or danger to her.
    7. absent: It seeks assistance establishing the whereabouts of a missing student but states no harm or specific danger.
    8. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student but states no harm, danger, or consequence to the person.
    9. absent: Seeks the public's assistance locating a missing student but states no specific harm or danger.
    10. absent: This seeks help locating a missing student last seen on campus but states no harm, danger, or threat to the person.
    11. absent: Seeks assistance locating a missing student but states no harm, injury, or danger to the person.
    12. absent: The message seeks help locating a missing student with no stated harm or indication of danger to her.
    13. absent: The alert seeks public assistance in locating a missing student but states no danger, weapon, or potential harm.
    14. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student but states no harm or explicit danger.
    15. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student but states no harm, danger, or consequence.
    16. absent: This is a missing-student notice seeking the whereabouts of a senior with no statement of harm, weapon, or explicit danger.
    17. absent: It seeks help finding a missing student and asks for information about her whereabouts without stating harm or danger.
    18. absent: This is a missing student notice seeking the public's assistance but states no harm, danger, or potential consequence.
    19. absent: It seeks help locating a missing student and asks for information, stating no harm or danger to the student.
    20. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student but states no harm or danger.
    21. absent: Seeks help locating a missing student but states no harm, injury, or danger to the person.
    22. absent: Seeks assistance locating a missing student but states no harm or danger to her or others.
    23. absent: Seeks assistance locating a missing student but states no harm, injury, or danger.
    24. absent: The missing-student notice seeks the public's help locating the person but states no harm, danger, or severity.
    25. absent: Seeks public assistance locating a missing student but states no harm or danger to the person.

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

About this analysis
Context

Background

Annrose Jerry was a 21-year-old senior science-business major at the University of Notre Dame, a national merit scholarship finalist, flute player, and prospective dental school applicant. She was last seen at Coleman-Morse Hall on the South Bend, Indiana campus at 8:45 PM EST on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. After roughly 46 hours without contact, the Notre Dame Police Department issued a campus-wide email around 7:00 PM EST Thursday, January 23, under the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 missing-student notification framework. The Indiana State Police escalated the case with a Silver Alert later that evening. Around 11:15 AM EST Friday, January 24, Jerry's body was discovered in St. Mary's Lake, one of two namesake lakes on the Notre Dame campus. St. Joseph County Coroner Michael McGann positively identified her at the scene; no foul play was suspected. The case is unusual within the HEOA archive because the missing-student notification, the Silver Alert escalation, and the recovery all happened on or immediately adjacent to the campus itself, illustrating that on-campus disappearances do not necessarily produce on-campus searches that succeed quickly.
Analysis

Key Findings

About 46 hours elapsed between Jerry's last sighting (8:45 PM EST on Tuesday, January 21, 2020) and Notre Dame's campus-wide alert (Thursday evening, around 7:00 PM EST); HEOA's 24-hour notification clock runs from when a student is determined missing, not from the last sighting
The Indiana State Police Silver Alert escalation reflects a multi-jurisdictional HEOA response, university notification plus state-level missing-person classification
Jerry's disappearance, the Silver Alert escalation, and the recovery in St. Mary's Lake all occurred on or immediately adjacent to campus, an unusual profile for a missing-student notification
As a Catholic institution, Notre Dame's response included pastoral care through Campus Ministry alongside its University Counseling Center
Outcome
Body recovered from St. Mary's Lake on campus on January 24, 2020. St. Joseph County Coroner found no apparent signs of trauma; foul play was not suspected.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Notre Dame seeks whereabouts of student (Notre Dame News)
    news.nd.edu
    archived copy
  2. News
    Body of missing Notre Dame student found in lake on campus (ABC News)
    abcnews.go.com
    archived copy
  3. Student Paper
    Authorities recover body of missing Notre Dame student after sending campus-wide alert (The Observer)
    ndsmcobserver.com
    archived copy
  4. News
    Body of missing Notre Dame student found (WNDU)
    wndu.com
    archived copy
  5. News
    Annrose Jerry: A Tribute to the Notre Dame Student (Heavy)
    heavy.com
    archived copy
Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "University of Notre Dame: Missing-student notification for a senior; her body was later found in a campus lake." Incident of January 21, 2020. Added May 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-notre-dame-annrose-jerry-missing-student-2020-01-21/

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