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For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 22, 2023

UPDATE: Ayiana Johnson has been located safe and unharmed.

Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Ayiana Johnson, a missing 12-year-old from Silver Spring.

Johnson was last seen on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at approximately 5 p.m., in the 3300 block of Teagarden Cir.

Johnson is approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair. It is unknown what she was last seen wearing.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Ayiana Johnson is asked to call the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.