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For Immediate Release: Sunday, January 16, 2022

Update: January 17, 2022 - Jasslyn Santos 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 from Aspen Hill.

Jasslyn Santos, age 12, was last seen walking today, January 16, 2022, at approximately 9 a.m., in the 13500 block of Turkey Branch Parkway.

Santos is approximately 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has long black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black pants, white sneakers and a black winter hat with red lettering on it. She was carrying a black backpack.

Police and family are concerned for her physical welfare.

Anyone with information about the whereabout of Jasslyn Santos is asked to call the police non-emergency number at 301-279-8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.