India, Sept. 23 -- The deaths of two University of Mississippi students in Oxford, Mississippi, have caused an uproar among the local community.

The Layfette County Metro Narcotics Unit said on Tuesday that packaged kratom was found during an investigation into the two students' deaths. But it is unclear whether the two deaths were from kratom overdose. It also not known if two deaths are related.

Action News 5 reports, citing the county's emergency dispatch, that police responded to the university's Stewart Hall at 1:30pm ET on Monday for a case of "possible overdose." When first responders arrived, they were told that the individual in question was unresponsive and getting CPR.

The circumstances of the second death is unclear. Accord...