BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA) --Sue Ann Marcum, an Accounting Professsor at American University in Washington, DC, was found dead in her Bethesda home shortly before 11AM.

Montgomery County Police officials say Marcum, 52, was found on the lower level of the home by a friend who immediately called police. 

Police say the preliminary investigation revealed signs of forced entry to the home and signs of a struggle. It has also been determined that the victim's vehicle is missing. The vehicle is described as a1999 gold or tan Jeep Cherokee with Virginia tags YXE 1456. 

Professor Marcum was a graduate of American University and had been teaching there since 1999.

Police ask that anyone who saw or heard anything unusual at or near the residence, or anyone who has any information about the vehicle to call the Major Crime Division at 240-773-5070.

BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA) -- State Police in Rockville issued a traffic citation using the new 'Move Over Law' for the first time, charging a woman who hit a state trooper and left the scene.

The law that went into effect October 1, 2010, requires drivers to move over a lane or slow down when they see red and blue emergency flashing lights.

Wednesday night a trooper responded to a traffic accident on the Capitol Beltway near River Road when The Plains, Virginia woman swiped the trooper.

The trooper was hit in his leg and he smashed his hand breaking the side mirror. State Police say the woman didn't know she hit the officer, waited for two minutes and left the scene. Police say when she arrived home she figured out what happened and has been cooperative.

On October 5, 2010, a Virginia State trooper was seriously injured when a tractor trailer driver hit a car and rammed into the trooper who was also on a scene of a crash.

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