Crime & Safety

Missing 17-Year-Old Girl From Silver Spring Sought By MoCo Police

Montgomery County Police are seeking the public's help in locating a 17-year-old Silver Spring girl missing since Wednesday.

Montgomery County Police are seeking the public's help in locating 17-year-old Rackeal Thompson​ of Silver Spring girl, who has been missing since Wednesday.
Montgomery County Police are seeking the public's help in locating 17-year-old Rackeal Thompson​ of Silver Spring girl, who has been missing since Wednesday. (MCDP)

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County Police are asking the public's help in locating a 17-year-old girl from Silver Spring, according to a release.

Rackeal Thompson was last seen on Wednesday in the 600 block of Winona Court in Silver Spring, according to police.

Police described the 17-year-old as standing 5-foot-2 and weight 110 pounds, with short brown hair and brown eyes. Thompson also has a nose piercing and a tattoo on her right forearm. Police say she was last seen wearing a gray sweatsuit and black shoes and carrying a black and gray backpack.

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Anyone with information about Thompson's location is asked to call the 24-hour police non-emergency number at 301-279-8000 or the Special Victims Investigations Division at 240-773-5400. Information may be provided anonymously.

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