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Missing Pikesville Native, UMD Student Found Dead

Detectives are investigating the death as a suicide.

Posted by Ryan McDermott, December 29, 2012 at 06:38 pm

Police said they found the body of a missing Pikesville native Friday night.

David Johnathan Scherr, 20, a University of Maryland student, 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.

Scherr had been missing since Dec. 19.

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elizabeth811 December 29, 2012 at 08:18 pm

How horrible. He had his whole life.

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Dean Tippett December 29, 2012 at 09:26 pm

It sounds like he was only recently dead, as he was described as unresponsive when found, not obviously deceased. So, where had he been for 9 or 10 days? I hope they can figure it out and make sure there was no foul play involved. It is always sad to see suicide as there probably was a way out of his situation, that would have allowed him to resume a happy and full life. Rest in peace! I hope you find the peace you could not find here on earth.

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Marco December 30, 2012 at 03:41 pm

@Dean- Unfortunately, Caucasian college students have the highest suicide rate among male college students. He may have been contemplating during those 9 or 10 days. http://www.nabita.org/documents/NewDataonNatureofSuicidalCrisis.pdf

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BETH WISEMAN December 30, 2012 at 10:28 pm

Oh, his poor parents.!! What they must have been going through.

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Joe Thomas December 31, 2012 at 04:13 pm

He had been dead the whole time. "Unresponsive" is the politically correct way of saying dead.

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