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Concern for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Update: Rashell Meza 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 15-year-old from Wheaton.

Rashell Meza was last seen on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at approximately 7 a.m., in the 2000 block of Georgian Woods Pl.  

Meza is approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair that is currently dyed red. She was last seen wearing a yellow sweatshirt and sweatpants.  

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Rashell Meza 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: 23-050
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: missing-person