'No Information' About Missing Lexington Man's Whereabouts, Police Say

LEXINGTON, MA – Police say they have no information about a 26-year-old Lexington man's whereabouts, a week after he left home and disappeared. Sriram "Ram" Jayakumar was last seen by his parents around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11.

Police recovered a body from the Charles River late Friday afternoon, but did not release the name of the man after saying foul play was not suspected. Police have been searching the area for Jayakumar, but there is no indication that the body is his.

He left by car with a "heavily loaded" blue backpack and told his mother he'd be back in an hour, according to police. He did not return.

His car was found on Friday, May 12 at 7 a.m., parked near the intersection of Bay State and Silber Way in Boston. Jayakumar is known to frequent the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society on 58 Deerfield Street in Boston and the surrounding area near the Charles River. No one reported seeing him in that area.

He is described as a 5-foot-6 Indian male, wears glasses and is 120 pounds with a slim build.

Jayakumar is a graduate of Brown University. He was not employed at the time of his disappearance.

On Friday, the Lexington Police Department said it currently has "no information" as to where Jayakumar could be.

Anyone with information is asked to call Lexington police at 781-862-1212.

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