Janiyah Tyeisha Thompson was 18 years old when she was last seen in Temple Hills, Maryland, on April 25, 2023. Public missing-person records described her as a Black female, 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 137 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She had pierced ears and a pierced nose, wore pink-framed eyeglasses, and was reported to need medication for unspecified reasons.
At the time she disappeared, she was listed as endangered missing, and the clothing description connected to her case said she was wearing a light blue zip-up jacket with the word “PINK” on the front, a black long-sleeved shirt, a pleated skirt, white socks, and black-and-white Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers.
Janiyah’s life, as reflected in the limited public reporting, was that of a young woman still rooted in school, family, and routine. She was a junior at Eastern Senior High School and participated in the school’s ROTC program. Reports described her as hardworking, responsible, intelligent, and trustworthy, which made her disappearance especially alarming to those who loved her. On the day she vanished, she reportedly went to school as usual, but before the school day ended she contacted her older brother and said she was leaving early because she needed to take care of something. She did not explain what she meant, and because her brother trusted her judgment, the message did not immediately seem like a sign of danger.
After leaving school, Janiyah was later reported to have been seen at the Naylor Road Metro Station in Temple Hills. That station became the last confirmed public point in the timeline of her disappearance. Sources state that she told her brother she was going off to handle something, but she never returned home and was not heard from again. It was not publicly clear whether she boarded a train, met anyone, left the station by another form of transportation, or remained in the immediate area. Authorities believed she may have stayed nearby or may have traveled to Suitland, Maryland, or Washington, D.C., but the public record did not explain why those areas were considered possible.
As the hours passed and then turned into the next day, her family’s concern grew into fear. Public reporting said her loved ones made efforts to reach and locate her, but those attempts were unsuccessful, leading them to report her missing. Her father, Clinton Hubbard, told NBC Washington that the family had not heard anything from her and that her disappearance was devastating; he also emphasized that it was unlike her not to contact them. The family’s plea was simple and full of love: they wanted Janiyah home, and they wanted anyone with information to come forward.
The case drew concern not only because Janiyah was young, but because the circumstances left so many unanswered questions. The Charley Project noted that few details were available, and other public summaries similarly emphasized the lack of information after the Naylor Road Metro Station sighting. Her family’s worry was deepened by the fact that she needed medication and by the absence of any clear reason why she would voluntarily remain out of contact. The Prince George’s County Police Department was listed as the investigating agency, with its phone number included in public case records for anyone who might have information.
In a later family fundraiser organized by Tikia Thompson, Janiyah’s mother, the family shared the heartbreaking update that Janiyah had been discovered deceased. The fundraiser stated that Janiyah went missing on April 24, 2023, that the family received a call on August 7, 2025, and that she had sadly been discovered deceased on March 15, 2025. The public fundraiser did not provide detailed circumstances about where she was found or what happened to her, so the broader public timeline remains limited and painful in its unanswered spaces. Janiyah’s case began with an 18-year-old student leaving school and last being seen at a Metro station in Temple Hills; it continued through months and years of uncertainty for a family searching for answers; and it ended, according to her family’s public statement, with the devastating news that she had been found deceased, leaving loved ones to mourn a young woman remembered as loving, protective, and deeply connected to her family.Last Seen: Apr 25, 2023
