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Police believe they have found the remains of a missing Rochester Institute of Technology student.
George DeLany disappeared last month, launching a school-wide effort to locate the 21-year-old. A Facebook page was also created to recruit volunteers and enlist help.
A man looking for antler sheds Sunday evening found the human remains believed to be DeLany in a remote wooded area near the town of Cohocton in western New York. The medical examiner still must confirm the identification.
There was no note at the scene, nor signs of foul play, police said at a press conference Monday morning. A tool box with items belonging to DeLany was found nearby, but a cellphone he was believed to have on him has not been recovered.
Born in Maryland and described as a "great student" by a professor, DeLany's mother said he was having difficulties in school before he went missing on March 12.
"He's been stressing out a bit. You know, the usual student stress at college," Susan DeLany told the Messenger Post. "But he seemed to be doing fine."
The third-year R.I.T. student vanished after telling his roommates at his Chili, N.Y., apartment that he would be back.
He was reported missing three days later, and his car was found several miles south of his home stuck along a snowmobile trail.
A person who lived nearby told authorities they encountered DeLany the night he disappeared. The witness offered to help the student get his car back on the road, but DeLany said someone was coming to help him.
Later, the witness drove by again and told police someone with a white Ford Escape was there helping DeLany. When the person drove past a third time, both DeLany and the SUV were gone.
The car, however, was still there.
The remains police believe to be DeLany were found some two miles away.
