Police: Teenager in Finksburg Appears to Have Died of Natural Causes (Update)

The Carroll County Sheriff's Department reported that the body of 17-year-old Caleb Lee Mott was found in the 2100 block of Sandymount Road in Finksburg Wednesday shortly after 11 a.m.

The police said there were no apparent signs of trauma to the body, which has been transported to the State Medical Examiners Office for Autopsy. 

Mott was last seen early Tuesday morning as he walked from a friend’s home close to where his body was discovered Wednesday morning. 

Anyone who may have seen Caleb Mott during the last forty-eight hours is asked to contact Detective Corporal Carlos Bustos of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at 410-386-2900, or the toll free anonymous TIPS Hotline at 1-888-399-TIPP (8477).

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As originally reported:

The body of a teenage male was found Wendnesday just after 11 a.m. in the woods off Sandymount Road in Finksburg.

Lt. Jim DeWees of the Maryland State Police Department said the boy was severely diabetic and appears to have died of natural causes.

Although the Carroll County Sheriff's Department is now overseeing the investigation, DeWees said the state police are called to scenes where a death appears to be suspicious or a homicide.

"After we looked at the scene, there didn't appear to be anything suspicious," DeWees said.

He said an autopsy would be done this evening or tomorrow morning to determine the exact cause of death.