UCLA student found dead in apartment: 'This tragic event affects us all'

The fire broke out shortly after 7 a.m. on Roebling Avenue. Firefighters found the victim's body after putting out the flames.Condolences poured into the Pi Beta Phi sorority after a member's body was found Monday inside a burning apartment near the Westwood campus.

The student has not been identified because her body was badly burned, said L.A. County Coroner’s Lt. Fred Corral. Her death is being investigated as an apparent homicide, he said.

“It’s going to take a while to identify,” Corral said.

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UCLA is also holding off on releasing the woman’s name until she is positively identified by coroner’s officials.

Meanwhile, the campus is mourning the death,…