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Concern for Missing Gaithersburg Teenager (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Saturday, October 1, 2022

Update: Omar Flores Pineda 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 assistance in locating a missing 16-year-old from Gaithersburg. 

 

Omar Flores Pineda was last seen on September 30, 2022, at approximately 9 a.m., in the 700 block of Quince Orchard Blvd. 

 

Flores Pineda is 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair. He has a star tattoo on the front area of his neck that says “free spirit.” He was last seen wearing a blue Adidas jacket, black pants and black shoes.    

 

Police and family are concerned for his welfare. 

 

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Omar Flores Pineda 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. 

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Release ID: 22-474
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: missing-person