UPDATE: Missing 16-Year-Old Girl From Gaithersburg Found

UPDATE: 10:45 a.m: Soraya Mascall was found in Gaithersburg today.

She had been missing since yesterday morning.

ORIGINAL POST: A 16-year-old with special needs has been missing since Monday morning after she wandered away from her Gaithersburg home.

Soraya Mascall was last seen at about 8 a.m. on April 25 outside her home on Rideout Court, near Forest Oak Middle School.

Police believe she may have walked to the Gaithersburg Youth Center on Teachers Way, near Gaithersburg Middle School. Mascall was not there when the center opened at noon on Monday, later than usual.

Police and family worry for her welfare because of her "limited mental capacity"—she functions at the level of a 6- or 7-year-old, according to police—and has never gone missing before.

She is described as a black female, 5'7" tall and weighing roughly 180 pounds. She has brown eyes and short black hair, which she may be wearing in a bun with a short braid. She was last seen wearing a light blue hoodie, a beige shirt and blue jeans. She may be carrying a maroon lunch bag.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Montgomery County Police at 301-279-8000 or 240-773-5400.