Matthew Royer, the University of Rhode Island student and Spippack resident who vanished on his drive home for summer vacation, has been located, reported NBC Philadelphia.

After a report from NBC Philadelphia surfaced on Wednesday with no further details other than Royer being found, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed Thursday he has been located in North Carolina un-harmed and is now reunited with his family. Further details as to why he was found in North Carolina have not been disclosed at this time.

Royer had left his Rhode Island apartment last Thursday and was reported missing the next day.

Carolynn Davis, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter who has been reporting on this story, tweeted that police stated Wednesday "It's looking like a runaway case."

ABC Philadelphia reported on Tuesday that police were not ruling out the possibility of Royer disappearing on his own volition.

Davis reported Wednesday that Royer had stopped pursuing a doctor of pharmacy degree and would not be taking spring classes at the University of Rhode Island.

"This is so out of character," said Nicolle Kulp, 24, who saw him over the winter. "He loves school, he lives for school. Why he didn't tell anything to anybody - it's so bizarre."

As of Tuesday, there were no new developments and it was still being treated as a missing person case. Although, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania State Police said at the time, "It may be a voluntary move on Matthew's part."

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