LEONARDTOWN, MD (January 29, 2025) – On Monday, January 27, 2025, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a location in the 25000 block of Jones Wharf Road in Hollywood for an emergency medical services call. Upon arrival, deputies located a deceased individual.

 

The body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore and has been identified as Matthew Skye Keister, 19, of Hollywood.

 

Keister was reported missing to the Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, January 26; witnesses last saw him on January 20, 2025.

 

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division have assumed the case, and anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective Allison Mattera at 301-475-4200, ext. 8124, or by email at Allison.Mattera@stmaryscountymd.gov.

 

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