Baltimore County Police are asking for the public's help finding 14-year-old Yehuda Weinreich, who was reported missing from the Pikesville area. Police describe him as 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds, and say he was last seen wearing a white shirt, black suit jacket, and black pants.
The missing-person notice was posted early Thursday by the Baltimore County Police Department
, which is asking anyone with information to contact the Pikesville Precinct at 410-887-1279. The department did not provide additional details about the circumstances surrounding Weinreich's disappearance beyond identifying the Pikesville area as where he was reported missing.
A public missing-child notice is distinct from a Maryland AMBER Alert, which requires police to confirm an abduction, believe the child faces danger of serious harm or death, and have information that could help locate the child. Baltimore County’s field manual also describes its “A Child Is Missing” program, which can canvass neighborhoods and businesses and may be used in investigations that do not meet AMBER Alert criteria. State alert criteria and the county police field manual describe the separate systems.
Maryland has no waiting period for reporting a missing person. The Maryland Center for Missing and Unidentified Persons, part of the state police, supports local investigations, shares public alerts and can connect families with resources such as investigative support; the center can be reached at 800-637-5437. The state directs families to make the initial report to local law enforcement. Maryland State Police guidance outlines those roles and steps.
A Previous Missing-Person Alert
Hoodline previously reported that 35-year-old Zachary Thomas had been located after a critical missing-person alert was issued for him, though police did not say where or when he was found or provide any information about his condition, according to the earlier Hoodline report.
Thomas's alert had described him as 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 320 pounds, last seen wearing a brown-and-white plaid shirt with blue jeans, per the same account. In that case, police publicly thanked the community for sharing the alert, writing simply, “Thank you for sharing.” No such update has been issued yet for Weinreich.
Missing-Person Cases Remain a Persistent National Issue
Cases like these are far from rare on a national scale. The FBI recorded 563,389 missing-person records entered into its system in 2023, with 563,644 records purged that same year, according to Hoodline's earlier reporting. The figures underscore how frequently missing-person reports are filed and resolved across the country, even as each individual case, including Weinreich's, carries its own urgency for the family and community involved.
The FBI’s annual figures count records, not necessarily distinct people or cases opened and closed within the same calendar year. The agency defines an entry as a record entered during that month, while a purge can include a record canceled, cleared or located during the month even if it was entered earlier. Thus, the 2023 totals show the volume of database activity, but the purge figure is not a count solely of people reported missing and found in 2023. The FBI’s statistical definitions specify how those totals are counted.
For now, Baltimore County Police have not released any further updates on Weinreich's whereabouts or condition. Anyone with information about his location is urged to call the Pikesville Precinct.
