Body of missing student found in quarry

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Little Rock, Ark., say a missing persons case has turned into a murder investigation following the weekend discovery of the body of a college student.

Patricia Guardado, a student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was reported missing by her mother Oct. 12. Police said she never made it to class that day, KUAR-TV, Little Rock, reported.

Guardado's body was found Sunday by fishermen in a Pulaski County quarry, police said. Her identity was confirmed Monday.

Little Rock police are not revealing how Guardado died and have not named any suspects. Police said they've stepped-up patrols around the campus to make students, faculty and staff feel safer, KUAR said.