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Concern for Missing Germantown Teenager (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 14, 2022

Update: April 15, 2022 - Justin Yovanni Acosta has been located safe and unharmed. 

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Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigation Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing teenager from Germantown.

Justin Yovanni Acosta, age 14, was last seen on Monday, April 11, 2022, in the 19500 block of Gunners Branch Drive.

Acosta is approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, black jeans, and black Adidas shoes.

Acosta may be traveling in a blue 2017 BMW 328 bearing Maryland registration plate 9EV6234.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Justin Yovanni Acosta is asked to call the Montgomery County Police SVID at (240) 773- 5400 or the police non-emergency number at (301) 279- 8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.

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Release ID: 22-200
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: missing-person