Missing University Of Maryland Student Found

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Critically missing student Dilan Ashar, 22, has been found and was reunited with his family, campus police announced late Wednesday.

Asher, 22, was last seen around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 2 on a security camera at Terrapin Trail Garage near the Xfinity Center in College Park. Authorities first searched the site, then, around noon on Oct. 3, launched a drone to search the wooded area near the garage from the air. Later that night, a K-9 team searched the wooded area for tracks.

On Oct. 4, around 50 responders and nine K-9s searched approximately 110 acres surrounding the garage in the morning.

Later that day, they launched the drone again to search the university golf course. Officers checked parking garages, wood lines, Lake Artemsia and nearby parks.

"Thanks to the immense efforts of UMPD and our entire community, Dilan has been reunited with family. We thank all Terps and community members who spread the word and supported this search," university police stated.

The family of critical missing University of Maryland student Dilan Asher spoke out on Wednesday, asking people to help look for him.

"Dilan, we love you so much and we hope you are safe. We want you home," his mom, Binita Ashar, said in a video pleading for the public's help in finding their son. "We are waiting for you."

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