COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio State athlete found in a trash bin with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is being mourned by his football and wrestling teammates as police investigate his death. A woman and her son looking for items in a dumpster on Sunday found the body of Kosta Karageorge, 22, who disappeared four days earlier after sending his parents a text message saying concussions had messed up his head. A handgun was found in the dumpster, police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said. Play Video CBS This Morning OSU football player sent text before apparent suicide The Ohio State Buckeyes are grieving for a football player who took his own life. The body of Kosta Karageorge was found four days after he was l… Karageorge was a Buckeyes wrestler for three years, and the senior defensive tackle joined the football team as a walk-on this season, playing in one game. The player’s sister, Sophia Karageorge, told The Columbus Dispatch that he apparently was upset on the night he disappeared, and roommates said he went for a walk, dressed in black from his hat to his boots. “We’re very concerned that he’s not himself and that he maybe doesn’t know what’s going on,” she told the newspaper. She said after each concussion he followed trainers’ instructions and received proper care but “his repercussions from (concussions) have been long-term or delayed.” After Karageorge went missing, the football team’s physician, Dr. Jim Borchers, said he could not comment on the medical care of student athletes. But, he said, “We are confident in our medical procedures and policies to return athletes to participation following injury or illness.” Police found Karageorge’s body within a couple hundred yards of his home and about a half-block from High Street, the main artery of the campus. Karageorge had last been seen at his Columbus apartment, when roommates said he left for a walk. His mother, Susan Karageorge, told police he had had several concussions and a few spells of being extremely confused, according to a missing-person report that was filed. She said that at about 1:30 a.m…
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