Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 12/26/1995
- Missing From:
- Missing From Cloverdale, Indiana
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 02/16/1981 (43)
- Age:
- Age 14 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’5, 160 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white turtleneck, a green sweatshirt, a green leather jacket, new dark green Levi’s jeans, black sneakers and a hunter-green ponytail holder.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Jessica wears eyeglasses. She has a small scar on her inner left forearm near her elbow and she may have the name “Capone” tattooed on her neck. Her ears are pierced.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On December 26, 1995, 13-year-old Jessica left her home in Union, Missouri, to visit a friend. She was supposed to call her mom at 5 pm. Jimmy Hopkins, a 23-year-old acquaintance, picked her up.
Hopkins, along with Mark Henderson (who drove his car), took Jessica to Indiana. Hopkins claimed Jessica was pregnant and they were going to get married in Niagara Falls. However, Jessica’s mother and best friend said she wasn’t pregnant or dating Hopkins.
The three checked into a motel in Indiana. Henderson later said he heard disturbing noises – like someone being thrown against a wall – coming from Hopkins and Jessica’s room. By morning, Jessica, Hopkins, and Henderson’s car were gone.
Hopkins pawned his grandmother’s ring in Tennessee. Henderson’s car was later found abandoned in California, where witnesses saw Hopkins with a girl who looked like Jessica. Hopkins returned to Missouri alone months later. He initially claimed he’d last seen Jessica in California with another man, but this was a lie. He later confessed to killing her to several people.
In 2008, Hopkins murdered his wife and then killed himself. He was never charged with Jessica’s disappearance, but police and her family believe he was responsible. Jessica’s case remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Union Police Department 636-583-5700
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This person was missing Missing Since 12/26/1995