Missing UBC student found dead at SkyTrain station

Missing man Matthew Hutchings is seen in this image handed out by the VPD.

The nearly week-long search for a missing University of British Columbia student has ended in tragedy.

Matthew Hutchings, 20, was found dead next to the tracks at Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station on Thursday morning.

Police say his death does not appear to be the result of a crime.

Hutchings was last seen in the early hours of Saturday, May 24, leaving the UBC area on the B-Line bus just after 2 a.m.

About an hour later he was captured on surveillance video near the Safeway at Commercial Drive and Broadway.

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