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PURPLE ALERT: Missing Cognitively Impaired Male (LOCATE)

For Immediate Release: Monday, July 28, 2025

UPDATE: Jeffrey Ratnofsky has been located safe and unharmed. 

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Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 1st District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Jeffrey Ratnofsky, a missing 44-year-old.

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Release ID: 25-359
Media Contact: CC 
Categories: missing-person