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Missing University of Maryland Student Found Dead

Detectives are investigating the death as a suicide.

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Prince George's County Police said they found the body of a missing University of Maryland student Friday night.

David Johnathan Scherr, 20, a Pikesville native, was unresponsive in a 2013 Ford Escape parked in a lot near Route 197 and Route 450, according to Prince George's County Police.

Detectives are investigating the death as a suicide.

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Scherr had been missing since Dec. 19.

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