Accomplished flutist, UGA doctoral student found dead in her Athens home
By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia music doctoral student was found dead last week in her home in east Athens. The body of 25-year-old Deborah DelBene was discovered Thursday afternoon by UGA police when conducting a welfare check at DelBene’s home on Madison Heights at the request of an associate director for UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report. According to the report, there were no signs of foul play, but officers foun