Aniesh Patel, 22, dies; eighth student death since September at Rutgers

Aniesh Patel, a 22-year-old fourth-year student in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, died on January 13, university newspaper The Daily Targum reported. With respect to his family’s wishes, his cause of death is currently being withheld to the public.

His best friend, Diana Destin, said Patel, a graduate of Methacton High School from Norristown, Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly. 

“He had actually just texted us [on the] Tuesday of his passing,” said Destin, a fourth-year student in EMSOP. “Some of my friends were already in New Brunswick saying they missed him ... [Patel] texted everybody back saying he missed them too and couldn’t wait to come back.”

Destin, Patel’s closest friend since their first year of college, said they met for the first time on their second day of school. 

“He was a very kind, considerate person,” she said. “One of the nicest things about him was that he was very carefree, very chill. Everyone says that — everyone that ever met Aniesh said he was so chill.”

Patel was a big movie buff, Destin said. He loved the classics — Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and David Fincher’s “Fight Club” were two of his favorites. 

Patel’s death marks the eighth student death since September. He follows the deaths of students Caitlyn Kovacs, Darsh Patel, Paul Kim, Neha Musipatla, Michael Murray, Billy Roy Ouch and Maneesha Singh.

Read more at: http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2015/01/aniesh-patel-22-marks-eighth-student-death-since-september