elizabeth mun died after party

Investigators have identified the Concord Academy student who died yesterday after being found unconscious in an icy stream after leaving a nearby house party.

Elizabeth Mun, 16, from Wellesley, was found facedown in a partially frozen Andover brook early Sunday morning after leaving an all-night party on foot. She was pronounced dead yesterday afternoon at a Boston hospital.

Elizabeth Mun was last seen around 5 a.m. Sunday at a sleepover party on a William Street home.

She later left the house on foot and her friends went out searching for her. Authorities were called two hours later after efforts to find her failed.

Mun's school, the Concord Academy, released a statement mourning her death and describing her as an independent thinker with a finely tuned sense of humor.

"She leaves behind all too early a loving family," read a statement from the family of Elizabeth Mun of Wellesley, provided to The Associated Press.

An autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of death, a spokesman for the Essex County district attorney's office said. Officials declined to comment on whether drinking was involved.

Mun had participated in her school's theater program and played on the field hockey team, according to Concord Academy's website.

Mun left the party abruptly around 5 a.m., and partygoers told police they soon began searching for her. When they were unable to find her, they contacted police, who began a search shortly before 7 a.m.

When they found her on the far side of a pond near the home, she was given CPR but remained unresponsive, authorities said. She was treated at a Lawrence hospital before being flown by helicopter to Boston.

According to Mun's family, the teenager enjoyed traveling with her family and had varied interests, including field hockey, lacrosse, golf, figure skating, and photography. Mun hoped to follow in her mother's footsteps and attend Brown University, the family's statement said, according to the Associated Press.

In a statement issued last night, Pam Safford, associate head of enrollment and planning at Concord Academy, described Mun as "an independent thinker with a finely tuned sense of humor" and said that the school was mourning her loss.

In October, a Plainville teenager drowned in a marsh after wandering away from an underage drinking party in the woods.

Police are investigating the incident.