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Autopsy: Indiana University student died from head injuries

In this Friday, April 24, 2015 photo provided by the Brown County Sheriff's Dept. via the Bloomington Herald-Times Daniel Messel stands against a height board for a booking photo at the Brown County Jail in Nashville, Ind.  Messel, of Bloomington, is charged with the murder of IU student Hannah Wilson, whose body was found in Needmore, Ind. Friday morning.  (Brown County Sheriff's Dept. via The Herald-Times via AP)
In this Friday, April 24, 2015 photo provided by the Brown County Sheriff's Dept. via the Bloomington Herald-Times Daniel Messel stands against a height board for a booking photo at the Brown County Jail in Nashville, Ind. Messel, of Bloomington, is charged with the murder of IU student Hannah Wilson, whose body was found in Needmore, Ind. Friday morning. (Brown County Sheriff's Dept. via The Herald-Times via AP) In this Friday, April 24, 2015 photo provided by the Brown County Sheriff's Dept. via the Bloomington Herald-Times Daniel Messel stands against a height board for a booking photo at the Brown County Jail in Nashville, Ind. Messel, of Bloomington, is charged with the murder of IU student Hannah Wilson, whose body was found in Needmore, Ind. Friday morning. (Brown County Sheriff's Dept. via The Herald-Times via AP)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – A coroner says an Indiana University student whose body was found in a rural area died from blunt force trauma injuries to her head.

Brown County Coroner Earl Piper said Saturday he estimates 22-year-old IU senior Hannah Wilson had been dead several hours by the time her body was found.

Authorities have filed a preliminary murder charge against 49-year-old Daniel E. Messel of Bloomington in Wilson’s death. He’s being held at the Brown County Jail.

Police have not disclosed a possible motive or said whether Messel and Wilson knew one another.

The Fishers, Indiana, woman’s body was found Friday morning in a rural area of Brown County, just east of Monroe County, where IU’s campus is located.

Her body was identified Friday night, hours after she had been reported missing.

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Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.heraldtimesonline.com