The body of a University of Kentucky sophomore was found this morning washed up on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
TeNiya Jones, a biology major with a minor in Islamic studies, was on a weekend visit to Israel from Jordan, where she was enrolled in a seven-week exchange program. She was due to return home to Fort Myers, Florida, in a week.
TeNiya Jones was a sophomore at the University of Kentucky. (Facebook)
Jones, 19, went out for the swim with two other exchange students on Saturday night. She disappeared off of a beach near Bat Yam, a suburb of Tel Aviv.
According to one of the students, a strong current pulled the three of them out deeper to sea while they were swimming. Two of the students were able to swim back to shore, but Jones did not make it back, according to a statement issued by the University of Kentucky.
— JTA
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