UPDATE: Missing Fairland Area Woman Found Safe

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County officials say Sharon Cochran has been located and is safe.

(Original post) SILVER SPRING, MD — The Montgomery County Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman from the Fairland area of Silver Spring.

Sharon Cochran, 51, of Badian Drive, was last seen Friday afternoon at her home. Family have not been able to contact her since then. Authorities say Cochran may have traveled to Columbia Local Park in Burtonsville.

Investigators describe Cochran as a 5-foot-1, 180-pound female with brown eyes and medium-length brown and gray hair. She was last seen wearing blue hospital scrubs.

Anyone with information regarding Cochran's whereabouts should call police at 301-279-8000.