Prof to 911: Student Who Died Did Coke

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OMG this is just the most infuriating 911 call I have heard! Maybe if they had started CPR
 instead of talk for the entire time maybe she would have had a chance!!!!! How very calm this Prof remained that's annoying too!!

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Prof to 911: Student Who Died Did Coke
Professor Tells Dispatcher Teen Student Was Doing Drugs, Drinking With Him Before He Died

May 16, 2008
A Phoenix professor whose student died after a social visit to the professor's condo told a dispatcher on the morning of her death that the young woman had been drinking and doing cocaine in his living room before he found her unconscious on his couch.

Andria Ziegler, a 19-year-old psychology student at Paradise Valley Community College, died at a hospital after paramedics responded to a 911 call placed by Michael Todd at 2:34 a.m. Sunday, April 20. The 51-year-old academic, who has since lost his professorship, had taught Ziegler for the two semesters prior to her death.

"We sat around [pause] while she did some coke," Todd told a dispatcher in the eight-minute call, which was released Thursday by Phoenix police after a Freedom of Information Act request. "And I went upstairs and went to bed."

"Apparently, she kept using," Todd, his voice quivering a bit, continued. "I come down about an hour and a half later, she was unconscious.

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4872140&page=1

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College district moves forward on firing professor

May 20, 2008
The Maricopa County Community College District’s governing board will move forward on firing a psychology professor for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with one of his students who died.

Michael Todd, 51, a psychology professor at Paradise Valley Community College since 2000, did not appeal the college’s decision to terminate him for having an alleged inappropriate relationship with Andria Ziegler, 19.

Ziegler was pronounced dead at 3:18 a.m. at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital on April 20, about 45 minutes after she was discovered in a comatose state in Todd’s north Phoenix residence.

Ziegler’s death is being investigated as an unknown death, and Todd is not a suspect in her death nor are any suspect’s being sought in her death, according to Phoenix police. The cause of her death is pending the completion of toxicology results, according to the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The five-member governing board will formally vote on whether to fire Todd at its June 10 meeting, according to Chris Chesrown, spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Community College District.

A majority vote is needed to formally approve Todd’s termination and the board will move forward since no appeal was received by Todd at the end of the business day on Monday, Chesrown said.

Todd had five business days to appeal the college’s decision to fire him and request a hearing in order to suspend his termination process.

Todd and his attorney have not returned repeated phone calls to the Tribune seeking comment. Todd also is not answering specific questions from Phoenix police about the incident, according to a Phoenix police report.

Todd had been placed on paid administrative leave from his $70,785 a year job on April 22, the day Ziegler’s parents informed college administrators that their daughter died after visiting Todd at his residence.

During a nine-minute 911 call, Todd told a dispatcher that Ziegler had “sat around and did coke” and he could not wake her up about an hour and a half after he went to bed as she slept on a couch. Todd also told police Ziegler drank 17 beers, according to a Phoenix police report.

In a letter to Todd dated May 8, Maricopa County Community College District Chancellor Rufus Glasper informed Todd he was moving forward with Todd’s termination based on the professor’s violating the college’s policy of prohibiting “amorous relationships” with students and violating professional standards.

Todd failed to inform his supervisors of the incident and did not provide identification of Ziegler at the hospital, the letter said.

In 2002, the college required Todd to complete an online sexual harassment program after a female student accused him of making sexual advances on her and initiating inappropriate touching in his office.

After an internal investigation, the college could not confirm or deny the alleged incidents happened, and Todd denied any inappropriate activity with the woman.

Todd could become the sixth instructor at the 10-member Maricopa County Community College District to be terminated for harassment or inappropriate activity with a student since 2003, according to Chesrown.

Since 2003, colleges within the district have conducted 27 internal investigations into instructors for reported incidents of harassment or inappropriate activity.

Of those 27 investigations, 14 resulted in no findings or inconclusive, and six resulted in other disciplinary actions, according to information from the college.

Three instructors — one each at Scottsdale, Mesa and Glendale community colleges, currently are under investigation by school officials for harassment complaints, Chesrown said.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116759