ISLA VISTA, Calif. -- The body of
the UCSB student found at the bottom of the Isla Vista Cliffs has been
identified as Physics Major, David Propp.
Propp was a talented singer in an acapella group
at UCSB.
"David was the best kind of person," says fellow
acapella singer Nolan Theurer. "He was the kindest gentlest
soul"
He was majoring in Physics and
wanted to become a dentist. His fellow
singers called him brother. SOT
"He always had a smile for you," says Theurer.
"Enthusiastic about everything he was doing and everything you were doing and
those people are rare."
Propp's dead body was found at the bottom of the Isla
Vista cliffs with injuries consistent with a fall.
Some of the massive cliffs in
Isla Vista don't have railing and a person who falls off can face a 30 to 40
foot drop.
A safe Christian boy, Propp was
never known to party too close to the cliffs so when his friends got the call,
they were shocked.
IAN CHARBONNET
"It was kind of one of those 'Oh
no' moments," says fellow acapella singer Ian Charbonnet. "It couldn't
be him...No way, not David. Heaven is where is and it sucks not to have your
brother around."
But for Ian and Nolan the music
goes on.
Propp's memorial will be held at
the UCSB Recreation Center at 2pm on November 14th.
"The world loses a little brightness with
him gone," says Thuerer. "But it's so much better for having had him in it...and
I'm better for it too."
