COLLEGE PARK, Md. (7News) — A 22-year-old University of Maryland (UMD) student who disappeared from campus for nearly a week was found alive Wednesday night after spending six days in the woods.
Dilan Ashar was found around 7:30 p.m., dehydrated, disoriented and extremely hungry, UMD Police Chief David Mitchell said during a news conference Thursday.
“Dilan came out of the woods and he knocked on the driver’s side window of Howard County Search and Rescue and said, ‘Are you looking for me?'” Mitchell said.
Ashar was immediately treated by emergency crews before being taken to the hospital.
The search began Oct. 2
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