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For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 10, 2022

UPDATE: Sarah Hannah Hammad 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 Sarah Hannah Hammad, a missing 12-year-old from Silver Spring.

Hammad was last seen on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at approximately 4:15 p.m., in the 3000 block of Fairland Road in Silver Spring.

Hammad is 5-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt and black and white patterned pants.

She is believed to be in the company of 13-year-old, Jayleen Chavez.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Sarah Hannah Hammad 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.