Teen Missing From Anne Arundel County Has Been Located Unharmed

UPDATE – Aug. 12 – 5:35 p.m.: Ryleigh has been located and is safe. Thank you for the shares!

CROWNSVILLE, Md. — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating 17-year-old Ryleigh Potter, who was last seen Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, around 1:30 p.m. Police released an updated recent photo of Potter on Monday, Aug. 11, at 3 p.m. (see above).

Police said Potter was initially reported missing from the area of Martins Grant Court and St. Stephens Church Road in Crownsville, but investigators have since determined she was last seen in the Carroll Park section of Baltimore City.

Potter is described as 5-foot-1, weighing 115 pounds, with long black hair, brown eyes and a tattoo of an eye on her right arm. She was last seen wearing a gray tank top over a black undergarment, black sweatpants, a black knit hat and dark gray slide sandals.

Anne Arundel County police are urging anyone with information about Potter’s whereabouts to contact the department’s Western District at 410-222-8610 or call or text 911.