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Body Of Missing International CSU Student Located

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBS4)- Crews found have found the body of the international student at Colorado State University who went missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jie Luo
Jie Luo (credit: CSU)

Jie Luo, 21, was on a yacht off Florida's west coast on March 14 when he jumped into the ocean to go swimming and then a current swept him away.

A crew member who jumped in after him also died. Neither man was wearing a flotation device.

Luo was one of 15 CSU students who chartered the yacht for a spring break trip. He was from China.

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