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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.
They say Rashawn became separated from his caregivers and is believed to have gotten on a Metrobus headed for Fort Totten.
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MCPD release video from Glenmont Metro Station of Maryland man with Down syndrome
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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.