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Concern for Missing Twelve-Year-Old (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Friday, April 28, 2023

UPDATE: Leah Parham 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 12-year-old from Wheaton.    

   

Leah Parham was last seen on Friday, April 28, 2023, at approximately 12 p.m., at Sligo Middle School in the 1400 block of Dennis Ave.  

   

Parham is approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. She has black hair with gold strains and dark brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white short sleeved shirt that says “Clueless” and blue/pink pajama pants with white stars.  

 

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.    

   

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Leah Parham is asked to call the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous. 

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Release ID: 23-235
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: missing-person