In response to a lawsuit filed Thursday, Western Kentucky University officials are denying responsibility in the death of Katie Autry, a freshman at the school who died three days after being raped and set on fire in her Hugh Poland Hall dorm room May 4.The suit, filed by Autrys mother and aunt, claims the university, the WKU Student Life Foundation, a fraternity, three resident assistants, a hall director and an assistant hall director are all responsible for the 18-year-old Pellville students death. While the university regrets the terrible crime that was perpetrated against Ms. Autry, it is confident that the facts will show neither its staff nor its policies played a role in this tragic event, according to the statement. The university is confident that the criminal justice system will punish those responsible for Ms. Autrys murder and will vigorously defend the civil suit filed by Ms. Autrys mother and maternal aunt. Two Scottsville men, Stephen Soules and Lucas Goodrum, were indicted in July on charges of first-degree murder, rape, sodomy and arson, or complicity to commit those crimes. Soules was also indicted on first-degree robbery charges. The five people who worked at Hugh Poland Hall at the time of the incident could not be reached for comment. Soules told police he and Goodrum were at a party at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on Chestnut Street, as was Autry, the night she was attacked. The lawsuit contends that the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity failed to properly supervise the event at which alcohol was provided. The fraternity is reviewing the lawsuit with attorneys and is expected to make a statement in response to the suit next week. After Autrys death, Westerns Campus Safety Task Force was formed. It reviewed all aspects of campus safety, with emphasis on residence halls. The task force generally was satisfied with safety procedures in place at the university, but did find areas in which progress could be made, task force Chairman Mike Littell said after the review was completed in July. Were taking what was a pretty good situation as far as campus safety goes and making it better, Littell said at the time. We never felt like the campus was unsafe, but we did see some things that we felt like could be improved. According to the statement issued by Western on Thursday, the report affirmed that proper safety and security policies and procedures were, and are, in place at the university. Ben Crocker, attorney for the co-administrators of Autrys estate, said that while the policies may have been in place, he doesnt think they were observed. Crocker said he believes Soules and Goodrum werent escorted to Katie Autrys room and they didnt sign in. Soules, however, has said in court that he was having consensual sex with Autry when Goodrum entered the room. A lot of the problems stem not from lack of procedures, but lack of following those procedures, Crocker said. Following Autrys death, campus police conducted an investigation and arrested Goodrum and Soules, who were not named in the civil suit. Campus officials say the people involved in the crime are solely responsible for Ms. Autrys death.