Human remains have been found inside a vehicle connected to a 1998 missing persons case
Investigators have been referred to as to the scene and requested help from a crane and a towing service to take away the automobile from eight ft of water.
After the automobile was pulled to shore, human stays have been found contained in the automobile. They have been despatched to the Arkansas State Crime Lab in Little Rock for DNA testing, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Hopper who was pregnant on the time, was reportedly touring to drop off her 22-month-old daughter, Courtney Holt, in her blue Ford Tempo earlier than persevering with on to a live performance in Little Rock after they went lacking.
“The Pope County Sheriff’s Workplace want to ship our honest condolences to the household of Samantha Hopper and Courtney Holt,” Pope County Sheriff Shane Jones mentioned. “We’re grateful to have been a small a part of serving to deliver this 23-year-old case to closure.”
CORRECTION: An earlier model of this story gave the mistaken yr the mom and daughter went lacking. It was 1998.