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For Immediate Release: Friday, July 29, 2022

Update: July 31, 2022 - Mason Chedester was 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 Clarksburg.

Mason Chedester was last seen at approximately 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, July 28, 2022, walking on Meadow Mist Way.

Mason is approximately 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. Mason has brown hair and brown eyes. Mason has braces and both ears pierced.

He was last seen wearing a black and gray tie dye shirt with a Hershey Park logo on the front, black cargo pants and black and gray Nike sneakers.

Police and family are concerned for his welfare.

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

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