Missing Maryland man with Down syndrome found ‘safe and unharmed’ at Glenmont Metro Station

Family of missing Maryland man with Down syndrome makes desperate plea for help

The family of a Maryland man born with Down syndrome is making a desperate plea for help after he went missing.

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A nonverbal Maryland man who's been missing since last Friday has been found, according to police.

31-year-old Rashawn Williams was last seen Friday, Oct. 20 around 6:40 p.m. in the 12000 block of Plum Orchard Drive in Silver Spring.

Rashawn's family said he has Down Syndrome and was staying with caregivers at a hotel after his group home was damaged by fire.

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Rashawn Williams was last seen Friday, October 20

They say Rashawn became separated from his caregivers and is believed to have gotten on a Metrobus headed for Fort Totten.

MCPD release video from Glenmont Metro Station of Maryland man with Down syndrome

MCPD release video of missing Maryland man with Down syndromed leaving Glenmont Metro Station

The family says the group home provider says it hired a private investigator to help with the search.

On Thursday evening, almost a week after Rashawn went missing, police announced via X that he had been located "safe and unharmed."

A Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson told FOX 5 Rashawn was spotted at the Glenmont Metro Station by a Montgomery County Police Search Manager.