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Concern for Missing Silver Spring Teenager (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Friday, January 14, 2022

Update: January 17, 2022 - Jessica Gonzalez has been located safe and unharmed.  

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Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing juvenile female. 

    

In the morning of January 14, 2022, Jessica Gonzalez, age 15, was last seen at John F. Kennedy High School in Wheaton.    

   

Gonzalez is approximately 5-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has short brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen carrying a black backpack and wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and white Air Force One sneakers.   

    

Police and family are concerned for her physical welfare.     

   

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

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Release ID: 22-032
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: missing-person