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14 Jun 2023


A young Michigan woman's family is desperate for answers after she was left for dead on the side of the road after a party.

Mia Kanu, 23, died days after she was found lying along Providence Drive near Coach Apartments in Southfield, a suburb of Detroit, on June 3 with severe head trauma following a party, according to FOX 2 Detroit.

"Something happened, and somebody knows something, and we just want those answers," Kanu's mother, Bianca Vanmeter, told FOX 2. "She would never just leave a person. It doesn’t make sense."

Surveillance video apparently captured the young woman, a student at Tennessee State University, either falling or being pushed out of a vehicle.

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Mia Kanu selfie

Mia Kanu, 23, died days after she was found on the side of the road in Southfield, Michigan. (Facebook)

A passerby noticed her and called 911. When authorities arrived, they transferred Kanu to a nearby hospital, FOX 2 reported.

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"It becomes a question of: how did she get there? Who is she? And why is she there?" Southfield Deputy Police Chief Jeff Jagielski told the outlet.

The Coach Apartments entrance on Providence Drive in Southfield, Michigan

Surveillance video apparently captured Mia Kanu either falling or being pushed out of a vehicle on Providence Drive. (Google Maps)

Police also told FOX 2 that two people who were in the same vehicle Kanu apparently fell or was pushed out of have been cooperating with investigators. 

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Charges will be filed against those two individuals, FOX 2 reported.

Mia Kanu selfie

Police told FOX 2 that two people who were in the same vehicle Mia Kanu apparently fell or was pushed out of have been cooperating with investigators.  (Facebook)

"It's our understanding that there was an argument between the driver and another individual in the parking lot of the apartment complex that they had left," Jagielski said. "Anytime we have an untimely death of an otherwise healthy individual, we investigate as a homicide until evidence shows otherwise."

Kanu had been home from school for the summer when she died in the hospital. 

Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.