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Concern for Missing Sixteen-Year-Old (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Saturday, January 28, 2023

Update: Maria Eduarda Soares Tavira 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 16-year-old from Silver Spring.

Maria Eduarda Soares Tavira was last seen on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at approximately 7 a.m., in the 12900 block of Holdridge Rd.

Eduarda is approximately 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has black hair, brown eyes and a nose piercing. She was last seen wearing all black clothing.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Maria Eduarda Soares Tavira 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: 23-063
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: missing-person