Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 09/14/2001
- Missing From:
- Missing From Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/27/1980 (44)
- Age:
- Age 20 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’5, 140 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white t-shirt, gray and white boxer shorts, a knee-length gray terrycloth robe and a small diamond stud earring in her upper left ear.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Hoopes’s left ear is pierced in the upper cartilage. She may have a crooked toe.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Deanna Hoopes disappeared from her grandparents’ home in Idaho Falls, Idaho on September 14, 2001. She was last seen around 10:30 pm that night. Her grandmother woke up around 1:00 am to find Deanna gone, the back door unlocked, but her TV and lights still on. A pickup truck from her grandparents’ auto body shop was also missing; it was later found abandoned nearby with the keys in the ignition.
A man named Keith Hescock became a person of interest. He’d worked at the auto shop, had threatened Deanna’s grandfather, and was later involved in a violent incident where he kidnapped a girl, then committed suicide after a high-speed chase with police. While Hescock had connections to the family and the shop, police couldn’t definitively link him to Deanna’s disappearance.
Deanna left behind all her belongings, including her paycheck. She was described as quiet and close to her family, making her disappearance completely out of character. Because of her case, September 14th is now “Missing Persons Day” in Idaho Falls. Police believe she was abducted. The case remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office 208-529-1200
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 09/14/2001