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Concern for Missing Seventy-Four-Year-Old (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Monday, May 22, 2023

UPDATE: Barbara Bend has been located safe and unharmed. 

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Gaithersburg, MD- Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Barbara Bend, a missing 74-year-old from Kensington.

Barbara Bend was last seen on Monday, May 22, 2023, at approximately 12:30 p.m., in the 9900 block of E. Bexhill Drive in Kensington.

Barbara is approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown hair. She was last seen wearing glasses, a light green short sleeve blouse and dark cargo style pants.

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Barbara Bend is asked to call the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line) or the 2nd District Investigative Section at (240) -773-6710.

 

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Release ID: 23-286
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: missing-person