Body Discovered at Point Lookout State Park Identified as P.G. Co. Man Missing for Weeks


LEONARDTOWN, Md. (Nov. 28, 2016)—A body discovered at Point Lookout State Park Sunday has been identified as Mr. Ashley Vaughn Thompson, age 31, of Temple Hills. A citizen found the body and reported it to 911.

Patrol deputies from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office responded and initiated the investigation. Detectives and Crime Lab personnel of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division continued the investigation with the assistance of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police and the Prince George's County Police Department.

Deputies arrived on scene and located a deceased person partially in the water at the state park. The investigation revealed that Thompson was reported as a missing person to the Prince George's County Police Department a few weeks prior, and around the same time, his vehicle was recovered on the property of Point Lookout State Park.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Skyler LeFave at 301-475-4200, ext. *1983.

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