Duke student Drew Everson had been drinking before he died in an accidental fall in October.

According to a toxicology report released Friday, Everson had a blood-alcohol content of .133. In North Carolina, .08 is the point at which you're considered legally intoxicated.

Everson had been out with friends but went his own way and wasn't seen again until he was found behind the student union on Duke's East Campus. He was found at the foot of a steep, concrete stairwell behind the building. He later died.

According to a medical examiner's report, he died of blunt trauma to the head as the result of a fall.

His organs were donated, according to the medical examiner's report.

"The medical examiner's report released today provides finality to the extensive investigation by the Duke Police, which has concluded that Drew Everson’s death occurred as a result of an accidental fall into an open stairwell," said Michael Schoenfeld, a Duke spokesman. "The Duke community is deeply saddened by this tragedy and continues to mourn Drew's death.  His legacy at Duke will be long-lasting, and we offer our thoughts and prayers to Drew's many family and friends."

Everson, 21, was a popular student who friends said had an uncanny knack for bringing people together. The university held a memorial service to honor him in Duke Chapel; it attracted more than 1,000 mourners.

Note: This blog post has been updated (1:50 p.m.)

Duke senior Drew Everson was most likely alone when he fell early last Friday and suffered injuries that would prove fatal.

And there are no indications of foul play.

That's about all the information released thus far as Duke University investigates the circumstances of Everson's untimely death. He was found last Friday morning near a stairwell behind a dining hall on Duke's East Campus. He lived in an off-campus apartment nearby. He was hospitalized and died two days later.

A short statement from Duke spokesman Michael Schoenfeld issued Friday in response to inquiries from the News & Observer reads:

“At this time, all the evidence indicates that the death of Duke student Drew Everson was a tragic accident. We are still awaiting the results of the medical examiner's report, which will take several weeks.

Current information suggests he fell sometime after 3 a.m. Friday morning in a staircase that leads to a service area behind the East Campus Union. There are no indications that anyone was with him at the time of the fall, and there is no evidence he was the victim of a crime.”

In a subsequent interview Friday, Schoenfeld said Duke police enlisted the help of the Durham Police Department's forensics unit to examine the scene where Everson was found Friday morning.

"They have looked at the evidence available and have come to the conclusion that this was not a crime," he said. "This was a tragic accident."

Everson had been out with friends at Satisfaction, a Main Street bar and restaurant, the night before, according to one of Everson's fraternity brothers. But it isn't clear what happened after he left.

He was hospitalized Friday and died Sunday.

His death prompted a massive outpouring of grief this week on the Duke campus, where Everson was described as bright, popular and funny with a rare ability to bring people together.

A Wednesday memorial service in Duke Chapel drew more than 1,000 mourners.

Everson's family moved around a good bit when he was young. He went to high school in Greenville, S.C.

The question was rhetorical. The answer, a given.

Though acknowledging that he hadn't known Drew Everson nearly as well as so many of those attending a memorial service Wednesday, Duke President Richard Brodhead told his story of his first interaction with the popular student.

Though just a freshman, Everson stood out at the mixer for new students Brodhead hosted several years ago. He was the extrovert, the one with a little more self-confidence, a little more pizazz to his personality. The one you noticed.

"I, too, knew him," Brodhead said, speaking after several of Everson's friends told stories about their fallen buddy. "Because is there anyone at Duke who didn't know him?"

Everson died Sunday after what the university has deemed an accidental fall. On Wednesday, mourners packed Duke Chapel to laugh and cry and remember a student they insisted was not your ordinary 21-year-old.

It was a ceremony marked by light moments and wrenching ones, as friend after friend tried to explain Everson's particular brand of interpersonal magic.

They spoke of his many loves - Duke basketball, deep debate and a good scotch whiskey.

They spoke of his dedication and loyalty to his friends, and his uncanny knack for always being the best shoulder to cry on.

"Drew was the person to call about absolutely anything," said Lauren Haigler, a friend Everson comforted as she struggled with her parents' divorce. "He was the perfect friend."

As his friends describe him, Everson was one of those devour-and-cherish-every-moment sorts - like the time he and friends jumped into a fountain in downtown Indianapolis at 4 a.m. earlier this year after having watched Duke win the national basketball title in that city.

Another friend, Matt Byrne, read aloud a letter to Everson.

"You see beyond the superficial," he said. "You see me for who I am."

There were more than 1,000 mourners at Duke Chapel Wednesday, and for the most part, they seemed to hold it together.

Until the end.

That's when Edie Wellman, another Duke student, closed the memorial with a poignant, utterly brave solo. Saluting her friend by wearing a Led Zeppelin T-shirt and strumming a guitar, Wellman sang the Green Day song "The Time of Your Life," and it wasn't easy.

Her lilting voice trembled as she worked her way through the song. Stanza after stanza, she inhaled deeply and forged on, her visceral grief on public display.

Across Duke Chapel, people inhaled with her. You could feel it.

She could barely speak the last lines:

"It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.

I hope you have the time of your life."

With that, she leaned into the microphone, and whispered: "I love you, Drew."

At Duke University, there are still more questions than answers regarding the death of popular senior Drew Everson.

Everson's body was found last Friday morning at the base of a stairwell behind an East Campus dining hall. The university deemed his death the result of an "accidental fall" and say foul play isn't suspected.

But other than that, information is scant.

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