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PURPLE ALERT: Missing Autistic Female

For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 16, 2026

Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 4th District Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Carolyn Elsie Skinner, a missing 72-year-old.

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Release ID: 26-172
Media Contact: DBartels 
Categories: missing-person