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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Update: Leanora Malcom-Johnson has been located safe and unharmed.

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Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Bethesda Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Leanora Malcom-Johnson, a missing 67-year-old woman from Bethesda.

Malcom-Johnson was last seen on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at approximately 10 a.m., leaving the 900 block of Rose Avenue in Bethesda.

Malcom-Johnson is approximately 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has brown eyes and graying hair. She was last seen wearing a pink bonnet, a gray hooded sweatshirt with, "UMASS" written on it and blue Capri pants.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Leanora Malcom-Johnson is asked to call the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.