--- description: The body of missing UC Berkeley soccer player Eloi Vasquez was found by police near a Los Angeles freeway on Saturday. title: UC Berkeley Soccer Player Found Dead Near L.A. Freeway image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accident](/tag/accident/) ## Accident Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Missing UC Berkeley Student Found Dead Near L.A. Freeway by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2015 6:38 AM CUT by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2015 6:38 AM CUT The body of a missing UC Berkeley student and soccer player was [found](http://abc7news.com/news/cal-student-found-dead-near-usc-campus/588462/ "undefined") by police near a Los Angeles freeway Saturday. Eloi Vasquez, 19, was reportedly hit by a car on California’s Interstate-10 after he attended a fraternity party near the University of Southern California. According to friends, the athlete was not heard from after he left the party to visit the beach. Local soccer teams and several national athletic organizations expressed their condolences. Funeral arrangements are being made. > [](https://twitter.com/LAGalaxy/status/582676259387248640) > [](https://twitter.com/NCAA/status/582700516121190400) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3764667/eloi-vasquez-berkeley-student-body-missing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3764667/eloi-vasquez-berkeley-student-body-missing/"},"headline":"Missing UC Berkeley Student Found Dead Near L.A. Freeway","datePublished":"2015-03-31T06:38:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:18:28.871Z","description":"Eloi Vasquez, 19, was reportedly hit by a car","url":"https://time.com/3764667/eloi-vasquez-berkeley-student-body-missing/","keywords":["Accident","California","Death","Students","remembrances"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accident/","name":"Accident"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3764667/eloi-vasquez-berkeley-student-body-missing/","name":"Missing UC Berkeley Student Found Dead Near L.A. Freeway"}}]}] ```