The body of a 62-year-old lecturer was found in a parking lot near the Mount Vernon Campus on Tuesday evening, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Robert Paul Murphy, a Congressional Budget Office employee who taught at the Elliott School of International Affairs, was discovered by police in a parked vehicle near Fletcher’s Boathouse. The 62-year-old was last seen leaving for work on Monday morning at his home in Potomac, Md.
Montgomery County Police Department Spokesman Paul Starks said they do not suspect foul play.
“It’s not really looking like a homicide,” Starks said.
The D.C. Medical Examiner’s Office is scheduled to conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Murphy’s family reported him missing on Monday evening, and he was found about a day later by MPD officers.
“His family said it was very unlike him not to be in contact,” Starks said. “They were concerned.”
The 62-year-old general counsel for the CBO was teaching an Elliott School class called “Understanding the Fed Budget” until late June, according to an online class schedule.
Photo courtesy of the Montgomery County Police Department.