Halifax police have yet to locate the body of a Dalhousie student who is believed to be the city’s latest murder victim.

Police say 22-year-old Taylor Samson was killed a block away from Dalhousie University.

William Sandeson, 22, is facing a first-degree murder charge in Samson’s death.

Sandeson was supposed to start medical school last week.

Medical students told CTV News they’ve been advised not to speak with the media about the case. But other students on campus were talking on Saturday.

“You don’t really think about it happening in a place like Nova Scotia,” said student Andrea Gigeroff. “But I guess it is.”

Dalhousie students were aware it’s a disturbing turn of events – the kind that’s deeply upsetting to parents.

“I don’t even know if my parents know about it,” said Gigeroff. “But I don’t feel any different. It’s kind of one of those things that could happen to anybody at any time.”

Student Nicolas Manson says his parents might second-guess sending him to Dalhousie if he were a first-year student.

“It’s kind of crazy,” he said. “But I mean, being here and being exposed to what I’ve been exposed to at Dal, it’s a great campus so I’m not scared.”

Police say they don’t have any new information in the case, but are looking for the public’s help.

They’re asking anyone who may have noticed unusual activity in the areas of Henry and South streets on Aug. 15 or the early morning hours of Aug. 16 to come forward.

“No piece of information is too small,” said Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Theresa Rath. “They may consider it insignificant, but it could be the piece of information we need to advance our investigation.”

Samson was a third-year physics student from Amherst, N.S., and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Court documents indicated Samson was carrying four pounds of marijuana the night he was killed and that his friends and family knew he sold drugs.

Police believe he was murdered in an apartment on Henry Street which, according to court documents, is the home of Sandeson.

Manson says the school’s reputation will likely remain the same.

“It’s an isolated incident,” he says. “I don’t think it should impact the school’s reputation at all."

Dalhousie is providing counselling services to students as they return to classes.

Police have not said whether more charges will be laid.

Sandeson is due back in court Sept. 2.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Sarah Ritchie.