(WSB Radio)-- Auburn, Alabama police are investigating the murder of an 18-year-old Auburn University student from Marietta, Ga. School officials say Lauren Burk was shot to death last night. Her body was found on Alabama Highway 147 ( North College Street) near Farmville Baptist Church.

Police say they got the call to a woman injured about 9:08 p.m. and found Ms. Burk suffering from a gun shot wound to the chest. She was taken to the East Alabama medical Center where she died from her injury.

Police say at approxiamately 9:27 p.m. Auburn Campus police received a call of a vehicle on fire in the Hinton Field parking lot located on Lem Morrison Drive on the University campus. The car was a 2001 Black Honda Civic that was registered to Ms. Burk. The car was in flames and was extinguished by personnel from the Auburn Fire Department.

The case is under investigation by the Auburn Police Division with assistance from the Department of Forensic Sciences, the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Lee County District Attorney's Office. Law enforcement officials are continuing to follow up on all leads.

Burk was a former student at Walton High School in Cobb County and a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority at Auburn University.

Alabama Govenor Bob Riley has offered a ten-thousand dollar reward in the case and Auburn Police Captain Tom Stofer tells WSB News anyone with information can either call the detectives at 334 501 3140 or an anonymous tip line at 334 501 7337.

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