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Concern for Missing Teenager (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

UPDATE: Ruth Ochoa has been located safe and unharmed. 

Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Ruth Ochoa, a missing 14-year-old from Silver Spring.  

  

Ruth was last seen on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at approximately 7 p.m., at her residence on Gateshead Manor Way in Silver Spring.  

  

Ruth is approximately 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a black book bag.  

  

Police and family are concerned for her welfare.  

  

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Ruth Ochoa 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: 23-372
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: missing-person