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UPDATE: Toms River Woman Missing In Maryland Sighted; Police Still Searching

Breaking: She was seen on security footage getting into an SUV willingly but police said they are following all leads.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — A Toms River woman who has gone missing in Maryland was last seen boarding a bus, according to police.

The University of Maryland police department released an update late Sunday night on the search for Kaitlyn George, who was last seen by her roommates at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Police said George, 21, was supposed to be meeting a friend at the Eppley Recreation Center, a building on campus, about 5 p.m. on Thursday to go on a hiking trip. When she did not arrive, the friend went to the police station to report her missing, police said.

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In a news release, police laid out the timeline of events they have uncovered in their investigation:

  • On Nov. 10, security footage showed George leaving Allegany Hall, which is her dorm, at 4:42 p.m., with a camping style backpack and a pink bag.
  • At 4:34 p.m., a white taxi cab entered campus via South Gate.
  • At 4:44 p.m., George got into a white taxi cab in front of Annapolis Hall by herself and on her own accord, police said. Investigators located and interviewed the taxi cab driver, who told them George was dropped off in front of a marina in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore.

University investigators met with Baltimore City Police Department investigators to review security footage from the marina and the footage revealed that just after being dropped off by the taxi cab, George appeared to get into another waiting vehicle, an SUV, on her own accord and by herself, police said.

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A witness reported seeing George on a Charm City Circulator bus, which is a free shuttle bus that runs in Baltimore, on Friday, Nov. 11, about 8:40 a.m. Investigators interviewed this witness and verified this sighting, police said.

"We have no reason to suspect foul play in this case," police said. "Our team of investigators will continue to work on this case until we have located Kaitlyn and have verified that she is okay."

George, 5-foot-3 and about 121 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes, is a junior aerospace engineering major at the University of Maryland and a graduate of Toms River High School North, where she ran cross country and distance races in track for the Mariners.

According to a report by CBS Baltimore, police have been unable to track her cell phone, and she does not have a car on campus. The CBS report said her family says she was being harassed before she went missing.

Anyone with information on George's whereabouts is asked to call the University of Maryland Police Department at 301-405-3555.

Photos via University of Maryland Police Department

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