Car of missing Howard teacher found in Columbia

Montgomery County police confirmed Saturday that they found the 2011 black Ford Escape belonging to missing Wilde Lake High School teacher Laura Wallen on Thursday night in a Columbia parking lot. The car was found in an apartment complex on the 10600 block of Gramercy Place near The Mall in Columbia, according to a news release. Wallen, an Olney resident, was absent on Tuesday, the first day of school for the Howard County school system.