Job Corps Student’s Body
Found In Oneonta Stream
ONEONTA – The body of a 19-year-old Oneonta Job Corps student reported missing for two days was found partially submerged in a creek off West Street on Jan. 8, State Police spokesperson Aga Dembinska confirmed today.
The student was identified as Eliaas A. Zedeno-Correa of Union City, N.J.
On Jan. 7, the teen was reported missing to state police, Dembinska said. A state police search followed in the vicinity of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, which included a K9 unit. The body was found the following day, and Coroner Terry Knapp was called to the scene.
No police report was issued, but word of the unattended death has been circulating on local Facebook pages.
Dembinska said no foul play is suspected and the manner of death is consistent with hypothermia. However, the cause of death has not been determined, pending the result of toxicology tests.
A lot go’s on there that no one knows
This center is absolutely terrible they do not care for their students once so ever…i go to this job corps and i have so much to say about it and absolutely none of it is good.
im a Oneonta survivor bro i seen kids get cut wide open, iv seen people beat within in inch of their life iv seen some shit at Oneonta job corps back in 07 08 mlk all day baby!!!
I attended the McKinney Job Corps when I was a teenager. I got so much bad information from people who told me that I was a white girl going into an African-American job core community, and that they would cut me up and kill me and all that BS. I am 68 years old now and I can say without equivocation that Job Corps was one of the greatest experiences of my life, and I have had an incredible life.
Job Corps not only helped me get my GED, but also gave me a vocation to fall back on so that I may never be at a loss for employment. I completed my program and at the time I was in Job Corps they set aside $50 a month that I could draw out on completion of my program and they were very quick to give me my funds and I got to walk down in my cap and gown with all my African-American sisters, who became the absolute greatest friends. So, don’t let people tell you that you’re going to get murdered and other nefarious things happen to you. Job Corps rules, and It’s going to change your life as far as getting a job, but more than that, it’s going to show you how to be an accomplished woman who has learned responsibility and has an instilled value system that will take you far in life, because if you put forth the effort to achieve your goal, Job Corps will do everything it can to help you accomplish that goal, but ultimately it is up to you to do the work. It’s a wonderful challenge and a wonderful opportunity. There is no other community college or free vocational program that will support you like job Corps does. I could write volumes on my experience there, but I think you get my point. I wish all Job Corps members to keep at it, pursue your goal, and your dream and you make it happen. Good luck.