Julia Gilbert, an OU senior, was found dead around 2:45 p.m. Sunday, said Glynda Chu, spokeswoman for the Edmond Police Department.
Gilbert, 21, was last seen leaving a friend's house around 3:30 a.m. Friday. Chu said she had been watching the BCS National Championship game and could not confirm whether or not Gilbert had been drinking that evening.
Gilbert was heading home when she ran into a tin guardrail on a small bridge, Chu said. The 2002 silver Volkswagen Jetta flipped and landed upside down under the bridge, making it difficult to see from the road.
Chu said Gilbert's body was found inside the car on Waterloo Road, about half a mile west of County Line Road and a few miles from her home in Edmond.
Why Gilbert was in the area when she crashed is still unknown.
"I don't know if we'll ever know why she was in that particular area," Chu said.
Chu said there has been a lot of support from the Edmond community and those who knew Gilbert.
"[She] touched so many lives ... everybody joined in to find Julia," Chu said.
The Edmond Police Department is closing the missing person case and Chu said the police department does not suspect any foul play.
"[It's] very sad ... for the family," Chu said. "Our hearts go out to them. She was the baby and the only girl [in the family]."
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