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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Update: Sofia Villafranca Zambrano 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 13-year-old from Gaithersburg.

Sofia Villafranca Zambrano was last on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, between 2 and 3 p.m., in the 90 block of Pontiac Way.

Zambrano is approximately 5-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 140 pounds. She has brown eyes and shoulder length black hair. She was last seen wearing black and red plaid pajamas, a grey sweater and white Nike shoes.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Sofia Villafranca Zambrano 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.