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Concern for Missing Wheaton Juvenile (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Friday, October 11, 2019

Update: October 29, 2019 - Fatima Esmeralda Hernandez-Rivera has been located safe and unharmed.

Detectives from the Special Victims Investigation Division (SVID) are asking the public for help in locating a missing teenager.

Fatima Esmeralda Hernandez-Rivera was last seen at her residence in the 11900 block of Claridge Road in Wheaton on October 6 at approximately 7:00 p.m.

Hernandez-Rivera is described as a 14-year-old Hispanic female, 5’ 5” tall and 120 pounds. She has long black hair and brown eyes.  She has a nose piercing.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Fatima Esmeralda Hernandez-Rivera is asked to call the Montgomery County Police non-emergency number at 301-279-8000 (24-hour line) or the Special Victims Investigations Division at 240-773-5400. Callers may remain anonymous.

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Release ID: 19-399
Media Contact: Rebecca Innocenti 
Categories: missing-person