A 21-year-old Johns Hopkins University senior was found dead in her Baltimore apartment last Sunday, apparently murdered by an intruder. Linda Trinh was from Silver Spring and graduated from Springbrook High School in Montgomery County.

The university has posted a letter on their website to students, faculty, and staff on her death, describing Trinh as

… well-known, widely admired, liked and respected. She was a biomedical engineering major, former president of her sorority and a former member of the volleyball team. Her loss diminishes all of us, even those who did not know her, because her contributions as student, leader, colleague, and, most important, friend, have helped to build the Johns Hopkins we love so much. …

The Post reported today they were told by the president of Johns Hopkins that security around Trinh’s apartment building, the Charles Apartments, has been increased. According to the Post, Trinh was working on a thesis titled “The Effects of Functionalized Nanofiber Scaffolds on Adult Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation.”