Pope County Sheriff Shane Jones extended his condolences to Hopper’s loved ones, and said his department is “thankful to have been a small part of helping bring this 23-year-old case to closure. “Hug the ones you love for you never know when it might be the last time you see them.” “It is our honor to have brought Samantha home,” the group’s Facebook post read. A nonprofit group called Adventures With. “While it was gut wrenching to have to see the tears stream down their faces as they were told the news, it was also incredibly heartwarming to see the smiles on their faces and the weight release from their shoulders knowing they were potentially bringing their loved ones home,” Chaos Divers’ post read. Pope County 911 received a call Tuesday that a car that matched the description of the car by Samantha Jean Hopper, a 20-year-old mother who was reported missing along with her daughter in September 1998, was in a body of water in Russellville, so a press release from the Pope County Sheriff’s Office. Hopper’s family was at the scene when the car was brought up. Pope County’s Office of Emergency Management arrived to help get the decaying vehicle out of the water. The searchers called 911 shortly before noon. “With as much certainty as possible, (the diver) was able to identify the car matched the target we were looking for,” the post read. It bore no license plate because the car was new at the time Hopper disappeared. Watch video from Adventures with Purpose below.Ī diver went into the water and identified the car as a blue Tempo. A group called Chaos Divers assisted the search. The search for Hopper’s vehicle was conducted by Adventures with Purpose, a nonprofit group that travels the country working on cold cases. Please respect our privacy as we begin to process 23 years of emotions.” The sheriffs office said that the received a 911 call from Adventures with Purpose who informed them that they found a vehicle that matched the description of one that belonged to Samantha Jean. “Thank you for sharing your stories and support with our family,” Dezarea Carpenter wrote on a Facebook memorial page. The fundraiser is now going to be used to pay for a proper burial for the infant and Hopper, who did not have life insurance through her job at Waffle House. The Carpenters had been raising money to fund the search for Hopper and Courtney. “This left many open wounds and even more unanswered questions.” The Adventures with Purpose Research Team. Samantha was 8 months pregnant at the time of her disappearance. “My wife’s mother was a loving mom doing her best one day at a time to take care of her kids when she mysteriously went missing 23 years ago,” he wrote on Facebook. On September 11, 1998, Samantha Jean Hopper, 19, was traveling to drop off her 22 month old daughter, Courtney Holt, before going to a concert with a friend, when they disappeared. Her husband, Richard Carpenter Jr., spoke out as well. Hopper's car was pulled from a bayou in Russellville Tuesday, Oct. Missing family: Samantha Jean Hopper, 20, and her 1-year-old daughter, Courtney Holt, vanished Sept.
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