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Concern for Missing Fourteen-Year-Old (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Monday, March 2, 2026

UPDATE: Vanessa Baires has been located safe and unharmed.

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Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Vanessa Baires, a missing 14-year-old.

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Release ID: 26-097
Media Contact: CT 
Categories: missing-person