Missing Upper Marlboro Man Charles Boone Found Safe, Police Say

Charles Boone turned up safe on April 7, three days after disappearing from an Upper Marlboro neighborhood, and on the very same day Prince George's County police formally issued a public bulletin seeking his whereabouts.

The Prince George's County Police Department confirmed through its official blog that Boone, 52, had been "located safely and in good health." Police released no details about where or how he was found.

Boone was last seen April 4 at approximately 9:30 a.m. at the 8900 block of Hammer Lane in Upper Marlboro, driving a 2022 silver Mercedes-Benz A220 with Maryland vanity plate "BOONE." Standing roughly 5-foot-9 and weighing about 180 pounds, he had been wearing a T-shirt and shorts when he disappeared.

During the three-day search, police asked residents near Hammer Lane to review home security and dashcam footage and urged anyone who spotted the Mercedes to call the PGPD Missing Persons Section at 301-772-8970 or dial 911. The personalized plate, which matched Boone's surname exactly, made the vehicle immediately identifiable to both patrols and the public.

Upper Marlboro, the county seat of Prince George's County, is a small town of just 652 residents according to 2020 census figures, though its position near MD-4/Crain Highway gives it outsized traffic exposure. Investigators would have focused that corridor as a primary travel route for any vehicle search in the area.

The Missing Persons Section that coordinated the search operates under the PGPD Special Crimes Division, which encompasses six sections and units serving victims across the county.

Boone's case closed with the same swift outcome as a comparable local incident from late March 2026, when 11-year-old Mason Wilson was reported missing on the 1300 block of McCormick Drive in Upper Marlboro and was also located safely within days. The bulletin for Boone was further amplified by the Southern Maryland Community Forums, one of the regional online platforms law enforcement increasingly relies on to push missing-person alerts well beyond official channels.