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Missing University of Maryland Student From New Jersey Turns Up Safe in Texas

A University of Maryland student from New Jersey last seen boarding a Greyhound bus last week was found safe, university police said Wednesday.

The Houston Police Department found Kaitlyn George, 21, alone at a Texas fast food restaurant Wednesday morning, said police. She was alone and unharmed.

Surveillance footage captured George leaving her College Park apartment late Thursday afternoon, said University of Maryland police. She then got into a taxi on her own accord, said police.

She was supposed to meet a friend to go on a hiking trip but she never showed so that friend went to police to report her missing, said investigators.

George -- who hails from Toms River, New Jersey, according to student newspaper The Diamondback -- was last seen wearing carrying a black and white camping backpack and a pink bag when she left her on-campus apartment.

The cab driver told police he dropped her off in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood. Surveillance video then captured her boarding Greyhound bus bound for Norfolk, Virginia Friday.

Investigators do not suspect foul play. It wasn't clear how or why George wound up in Texas.

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