Search for missing RIT student Matthew Grant continues
The search for a missing Rochester Institute of Technology student is ongoing a week after his disappearance.
Matthew Grant, 22, was last seen on Monday, Nov. 20 around 10 p.m., according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
Grant, who resides in Henrietta, was observed wearing a green jacket and blue jeans and operating a 2014 dark charcoal gray Jeep Cherokee with a Michigan license plate number ESR8141.
MISSING RIT STUDENT - Please help locate The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is attempting to locate 22-year-old Matthew Grant, an RIT student. Matthew resides in Henrietta and was last seen on 11/20/23 at approximately 10 PM. /1 pic.twitter.com/tX8DDHkd2s
— RIT (@RITtigers) November 22, 2023
According to RIT's athletics website, Grant is a mechanical engineering major from Onaway, Michigan and was named co-captain of the university's wrestling team for the 2023-2024 season.
"The RIT community continues to work with his family and law enforcement to share the message that Matthew is missing," a representative from RIT said in a written statement Monday. "We remain hopeful for his safe return to campus."
Anyone with information has been asked to call 911.
UPDATE: Deputies continue to attempt to locate Matthew Grant, 22, of Henrietta, last seen on 11/20/23 at 10pm. Contrary to earlier information, Matthew is operating a 2014 dark charcoal gray Jeep Cherokee with Michigan license plate # ESR8141.
Anyone with information is asked… https://t.co/SVlmQjbPLf pic.twitter.com/JaYfEmUsyM— Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (@monroesheriffny) November 22, 2023
Emily Barnes is the New York State Team consumer advocate reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Contact Barnes at ebarnes@gannett.com or on Twitter @byemilybarnes.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Search for missing RIT student Matthew Grant continues. What we know
