GAITHERSBURG, MD – A Friday evening disappearance in a Gaithersburg neighborhood has sparked an urgent search for 14-year-old Zion Brandy.
She was last seen August 8, 2025, around 5 p.m. in the 400 block of Quince Orchard Road. Zion is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 180 pounds, with brown eyes and long black braids. She was wearing a tan sweatshirt, grey biker shorts, and pink Crocs at the time she went missing.
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Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Montgomery County Police non-emergency line at 301-279-8000.
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Zion Brandy, 14, disappeared Friday evening in Gaithersburg
Described as 5’9”, 180 lbs., with brown eyes and long black braids
Last seen wearing tan sweatshirt, grey biker shorts, and pink Crocs
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