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For Immediate Release: Saturday, October 15, 2022

Update: Maminirina Richard Randrianarison and Lalao Jeanne Ravohitra Rajaonarison have both been located safe and unharmed.

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Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Maminirina Richard Randrianarison, a 68-year-old man and Lalao Jeanne Ravohitra Rajaonarison, a 63-year-old woman.

Randrianarison and Rajaonarison were last seen on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m., leaving the 5000 block of Sentinel Drive in Bethesda.

Randrianarison is 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 141 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark red cap with an American flag and eagle emblem, gray sweatshirt, gray jogging pants and tan sandals.

Rajaonarison is 5-feet tall and weighs 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt, black, pink and white square-pattern pants and black shoes.

Randrianarison and Rajaonarison were driving a blue 2021 Hyundai Accent with Maryland temporary registration plate, T1090948.

Police and family are concerned for their welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Maminirina Richard Randrianarison and Lalao Jeanne Ravohitra Rajaonarison is asked to call the 2nd District Investigative Section at (240) 773- 6700 or the police non-emergency number at (301) 279- 8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.