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Concern for Missing Silver Spring Teenager (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Update: July 13, 2022 - Fatouma Jah has been located safe and unharmed.

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Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 15-year-old from Silver Spring.

Fatouma Jah was last seen on Monday, July 11, 2022, at approximately 10 a.m. on the 8900 block of Manchester Rd in Silver Spring.

Jah is 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 160 lbs.
She has black and green braids and brown eyes. Jah was last seen wearing a black shirt, black and white marble pattern leggings and was carrying a black purse.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Fatouma Jah is asked to call the police non-emergency number at 301-279-8000 (24-hour line) or the Special Victims Investigations Division at 240-773-5400. Callers may remain anonymous.

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Release ID: 22-354
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: missing-person