Police say a body found in a crawl space at a Huntington apartment building is that of a missing Marshall University student.

Investigators found the body Friday evening in a common laundry room in the basement of the building where 21-year-old Leah Hickman had lived.

Huntington police announced Monday that the body had been positively identified as Hickman.

An autopsy has been completed but police declined to release any information on how Hickman died.

Police say Hickman's death is being investigated as a homicide. No arrests have been made.

The last known contact with Hickman was a cell phone conversation with a friend late on the afternoon of December 14. Police say Hickman's cell phone hasn't been used since.

The phone is missing, but Hickman's keys, purse, car and the bags she'd packed to go to visit her parents in the Point Pleasant area were found at her apartment.