Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Missing Gaithersburg Woman Found
The 19-year-old had been missing for nearly a week.
UPDATE: The Gaithersburg woman who had been missing since Jan. 7 has been located safe and unharmed, police report.
Alyona Joy Mayo was found in Gaithersburg and returned to her family.
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The 19-year-old Gaithersburg woman has been missing since 12:50pm on Jan. 7. Her family says she functions at the level of an 11-year-old.
Mayo was last seen wearing a pink hooded jacket, blue jeans, and brown shoes as she left to walk to the Goshen Plaza Shopping Center. Her family has not hear or seen from her since.
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Mayo, from the 7400 block of Rosewood Manor Lane, is described as a white female, 5’6’ tall, weighing 130 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Police do not believe foul play is involved, but Mayo does not regulary go missing or not contact her family.
Anyone with information about Mayo whereabouts is asked to call the 6th District or the police non-emergency number at 301 279-8000.
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