Missing Athina Reneea Hopson RESOLVED Hopson, approximately 2019 Date reported missing : 03/16/2019 Missing location (approx) : Johnson City, Tennessee Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Hopson disappeared from on March 16, 2019. An acquaintance, a carnival worker named James Michael Wright, picked her up to take her to his trailer in Mendota, Virginia so she could clean it. He claimed he dropped her off in Johnson City, Tennessee, on March 18. No one else besides him saw Hopson after March 16, however. In May 2019, Wright was interviewed by police and they searched his truck and found Hopson's cellular phone. In a subsequent interview, he confessed he had killed Hopson and two other women, 22-year-old Elizabeth Marie Vanmeter and 17-year-old Joslyn Alsup. He said they died over the course of eighteen days and all three killings were accidental shootings, not murders. He was charged with three counts of capital murder, use of a firearm during a felony, and concealment of a body. Police searched Wright's property after his confession and found the remains of the other two women, but no sign of Hopson. In January 2021, acting on a tip, authorities returned to the location and searched again, and this time they found Hopson's body. She had died of gunshot wounds. Wright is awaiting trial in the three women's deaths. Other information and links : ncy Johnson City Police Department 423-434-6115 September 2021 updates and sources A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. Johnson City Police Crime Stoppers and Most Wanted Missing Persons Cases Network Tennessee Arrests WCYB 5 The AWARE Foundation CBS News WJHL 11 The Bristol Herald Courier |