UMBC Student Found Dead Had Planned to Graduate in August

was an economics major who had planned to graduate in August from and was commuting from his home in Ellicott City over the summer to attend classes.

Sultan was in Baltimore Monday after police said he jumped from a parking garage near Port Discovery in the downtown area. He was last been seen by his family on June 24, leaving his house on the 3500 block of Coventry Court Drive in Ellicott City. Howard County Police had issued a missing person alert for him last week.

In a letter to the campus community Monday afternoon, President Freeman Hrabowski said Sultan had lived on campus since 2007. He was active in campus life as a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the UMBC club tennis team—memberships that Hrabowski said his family said he was proud of.

Sultan was an articulate writer who wrote a blog for a short while. In his first blog entry dated Sept. 5, 2007, he wrote about his background and his ambitions in life. 

According to his blog, Sultan was born in San Diego but moved to Howard County with his family when his father got a job with a local company. He attended grade school in Howard County and was passionate about tennis. He also held part-time work as a DJ, and at a J Crew clothing store. 

He noted he was interested in learning about different forms of media communication and that he hoped to eventually attend graduate school and earn a master’s degree.

Sultan also wrote that he knew Howard County really well and could show people the best places to go.

"If anyone ends up visiting Howard County in the near future I can steer you around pretty well," he wrote.

According to his blog, among Sultan’s relatives are two brothers and a sister.

Sultan’s last blog entry is dated Oct. 19, 2007.