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Concern for Missing Gaithersburg Teen (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Saturday, April 16, 2022

Update: April 18, 2022 - Dijae  Walton 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 13-year-old male, missing from Gaithersburg.

Dijae Walton was last seen on Friday, April 15, 2022, at approximately 1:30 p.m., on North Summit Drive in Gaithersburg.

Walton is approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair and was last seen wearing black sweatpants, and a black sweatshirt with a rainbow lifeguard logo on it.

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

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Release ID: 22-205
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: missing-person