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TRAGEDY HITS HOME — Police officers confer outside the Bethesda, Md., home of Professor Sue Marcum during their investigation Monday.
AU mourns loss of professor Signs of struggle lead police to treat death as homicide By MEG FOWLER Eagle Staff Writer
Sue Marcum, 52, an executive in residence and an accounting and taxation professor in the Kogod School of Business, was found dead in her home Monday morning.
There were signs of forced entry into Marcum’s home and signs of a struggle inside, leading Montgomery County Police to treat her death as a potential homicide, according to Daniel Friz, a public information officer. A friend found Marcum
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on the lower level of her home and contacted police, according to Montgomery County Police. The police responded at approximately 10:52 a.m. and found Marcum dead inside. Marcum’s 1999 tan Jeep Cherokee, with the Virginia license plate YXE-1456, was driven off from the house before 10 a.m. Friz said AU students should call 911 if they see the vehicle. Tearful students left Marcum’s 2:10 p.m. Principles of
Financial Accounting class Monday after an AU official announced the class was canceled. Marcum was beloved by many of her students. As he left the Kogod classroom where Accounting 240 was supposed to be held, student José Ferreiro said Marcum was the most helpful professor he ever had. “She was always available to answer e-mails and had helpful office hours,” !
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