70-Year-Old Maureen Barker Thompson Missing From Hyattsville Found Safe Feb. 18

Prince George’s County Police issued an alert for 70-year-old Maureen Barker Thompson, last seen on Feb. 17 in the 1000 block of Brightseat Road, Hyattsville. She was located safely and in good health on Feb. 18 afternoon, the police said.

An Instagram post circulated alongside the police alert and added an approximate time and year for her disappearance. The post read, “70-year-old Maureen Barker Thompson has been missing from Hyattsville, MD since Feb 17, 2026. She was last seen around 4:00 PM on the 1000 block”

The original police notice also reported heavy community engagement around the alert. “The alert garnered massive engagement with nearly 500 likes and 745 reposts,” the report said; the police summary did not identify which platform or platforms produced those counts.

Police and the social post align on the core facts: Thompson, age 70, was last seen on Feb. 17 in the 1000 block in Hyattsville and was found the next afternoon on Feb. 18 in good health. The police alert provides the specific street name - Brightseat Road - while the Instagram post supplies an approximate last-seen time of around 4:00 PM and explicitly lists the year 2026 for the Feb. 17 date.

Several details were not released in the police summary. The alert did not state a specific clock time on Feb. 17 when Thompson was last seen beyond the social post’s “around 4:00 PM,” and the police notice gave only “afternoon” for when she was located on Feb. 18. The police statement did not identify who located Thompson, whether family members or officers were involved in her recovery, or whether any follow-up investigation is planned.

The incident underscores how local social media and official alerts can overlap in Prince George’s County missing-person cases: a police-issued notice citing Brightseat Road and an Instagram post filling in an approximate time and the year 2026 together drew nearly 500 likes and 745 reposts, according to the report. Prince George’s County Police have not released further details about Thompson’s condition beyond “in good health” or named any next steps in the matter.