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PURPLE ALERT: Missing Autistic Child (LOCATED)

For Immediate Release: Sunday, March 29, 2026

UPDATE: Christian McCargo has been located safe and unharmed. 

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Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police - Special Victims Investigations Division have issued a Purple Alert for 9-year-old Christian McCargo, who was last seen at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 29, 2026

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Release ID: 26-133
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: missing-person