Lost MacBook Pro showing locked in find my iPhone.

I recently discovered that we had lost our MacBook pro.  We are not sure of the exact lost date.  When we checked today on Find My iPhone app it says it was locked on March 26th.  Does this mean if someone found it they have locked it?  How can we track the last location of it?
Thank you

This sounds silly, but while in Find My iPhone, click on the Play Sound button.  Hopefully you will hear it beeping under the sofa.
Have a nice day.

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