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For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 23, 2023

Update: Belinda Garcia-Bonilla 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 the Fairland area of Silver Spring.

Belinda Garcia-Bonilla was last seen on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at approximately 10 p.m., in the 14300 block of Fairdale Rd.

Garcia-Bonilla is approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. She has brown eyes and shoulder length hair that is dyed blonde. It is unknown what she was last seen wearing. She was also carrying a red and blue backpack and a separate pink backpack.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Belinda Garcia-Bonilla is asked to call the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000. Callers may remain anonymous.