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Human remains tied to a missing person’s case in Arkansas from 1998 were recently found in a vehicle, according to local officials.
On Tuesday, the Pope County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that a car — which matched the description of a missing person’s report — was found in a body of water in Russellville,a news releasestates.
The Pope County Sheriff’s Office revealed on Wednesday that the car belonged to Samantha Jean Hopper, a 20-year-old woman who went missing on Sept. 11, 1998.
According topoliceand the originalmissing persons report, Hopper — who was pregnant at the time — was reportedly traveling to Little Rock with her 22-month-old daughter, Courtney Holt, when they both disappeared.
“Samantha was reported to have been traveling to drop her daughter, Courtney Holt, off before continuing on to a concert in Little Rock; however, Samantha, her daughter, and her blue Ford Tempo were never located,” per the release.
Pope County Sheriff’s Office
The human remains found in the recovered vehicle were then sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab in Little Rock for DNA testing, the sheriff’s office said.
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“The Pope County Sheriff’s Office would like to send our sincere condolences to the family of Samantha Hopper and Courtney Holt, " Pope County Sheriff Shane Jones said in a statement. “We are thankful to have been a small part of helping bring this 23-year-old case to closure.”
Jones also thanked Investigator Erick Riggs and other parties who helped on the case.
source: people.com
