Ambrose, who is facing charges of selling or furnishing alcohol to a minor causing death, still is waiting for a trial.

Pryor was found dead in her bed at approximately 10 a.m. on March 19 in South Hubbard Hall after a night of underage drinking. Alcohol was determined to be the leading cause of Pryor’s death.

Later in the evening, Pryor’s roommate found Cannon standing over an unconscious and partially undressed Pryor. A forensic scientist for the Michigan State Police crime lab, Cassandra Campbell, testified the boxer shorts worn by Cannon that night had a blood stain that tested positive as belonging to Pryor. Additionally, Campbell said that an anal swab from Pryor’s body confirmed at least two donors, one of them matching the DNA of Cannon.

“Cannon saw this situation as (an opportunity) to take something precious from her and something she was saving for someone special — her virginity,” Pryor’s mother, Cynthia Pryor, said during a statement.

Olivia Pryor’s roommate also testified to being sexually assaulted by Cannon and later having consensual sex with Ambrose on Olivia Pryor’s futon.

Ambrose helped Cannon later dispose of Olivia Pryor’s pants and towels marked with her blood, the roommate testified.
Ambrose was arraigned last July in East Lansing’s 54B District Court and faces the possibility of a 10-year prison sentence.

According to the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office, Ambrose’s trial has been delayed on an interlocutory appeal. Nothing will happen with this until the court resolves those issues.

Ingham County’s criminal sexual conduct prosecutor, Debra Rousseau, said Ambrose confessed to police that he furnished the alcohol that led to her death.