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Concern for Missing Fourteen-Year-Old (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Update: Eduardo Mendez Rodriguez 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 14-year-old from Gaithersburg.

Eduardo Mendez Rodriguez was last seen on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at approximately 9 p.m., in the area of Lost Knife Cir.

Mendez Rodriguez is approximately 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and a mole under his nose. He was last seen wearing a blue/grey sweater and blue jeans.

Police and family are concerned for his welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Eduardo Mendez Rodriguez 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: 22-523
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: missing-person