LEONARDTOWN, MD (February 21, 2024) – At approximately 10:05 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division responded to Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary School in Mechanicsville, MD, for a death investigation.

 

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) and a Forensic Investigator from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene; CID assumed the case. The initial investigation revealed no foul play.

 

The victim of the death investigation has been identified as an employee of the St. Mary’s County Public Schools.

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective David Lawrence at 301-475-4200, ext. 8130, or David.Lawrence@stmaryscountymd.gov.