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For Immediate Release: Monday, June 26, 2023

UPDATE: Eva Ware has been located safe and unharmed.

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Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Eva Ware, a missing 13-year-old from the Kentlands area of Gaithersburg.

Eva Ware was last seen on Friday, June 23, 2023, at approximately 9:30 p.m., in the 500 block of Main Street in Gaithersburg.

Eva is approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has brown eyes and long black hair. She was last seen wearing

a camouflage hoodie, black sweatpants and black crocs. She may be carrying a white and black backpack.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

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