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Concern for Missing Silver Spring Teenager (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Monday, January 31, 2022

UPDATE: Amel Abdurezak has been located safe and unharmed. 

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Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – Special Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing teenager from Silver Spring. 

Amel Abdurezak, age 17, was last seen on January 29, 2022, at approximately 12 p.m., leaving her Treetop Lane apartment.  

Abdurezak is approximately 5-feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown eyes, black hair and a pierced right nostril. She was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, blue jeans and a pair of black fury crocs. 

Police and family are concerned for her welfare. 

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Amel Abdurezak is asked to call Montgomery County Police SVID at (240) 773- 5400 or the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000.

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Release ID: 22-070
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: missing-person