Today AWP began our search for 19-year-old Samantha Hopper and her two babies who were last seen September 11, 1998 in Russelville, Arkansas.
Starting our day at 9:00, Jacob Grubbs and his team from Chaos Divers met up with AWP, along with Debbie (Samantha’s Mother) and Dezarea (Samantha’s Daughter) along with Samantha’s best friend, Selena.
Working from clues as to Samantha’s habits, and events of that day in 1998, both dive teams split up to scan multiple locations in the area of Lake Dardanelle with AWP taking the route along Mill Creek, sending Chaos Divers into the Illinois Bayou near Pleasant View Road.
Prior to 10:00 A.M. Jacob identified a target on sonar under the West Pleasant View Road Bridge in 11 feet of water.
Jared and Jacob we able to attach a magnet with Doug diving down to identify the missing blue Ford Tempo with missing license plate due to being a new car.
At 12:15 P.M. Jared placed a call to 911 to report today’s discovery.
With Pope Count having a dive team, AWP was on scene to assist with the vehicle recovery.
The vehicle was hoisted onto the Pleasant View Road Bridge, confirming that human remains were inside.
Samantha was 8 months pregnant and while a car seat was confirmed in the back of the Ford Tempo, we do not yet have confirmation of Samantha’s 18-month old daughter Courtney in the vehicle, however, we do believe this will be confirmed in the next 24-hours that she was indeed inside.
A full autopsy will need to be conducted before the final confirmation using DNA from Debbie and Dezarea.
The Pope County Sheriff’s Office, Russelville Police Department, Pope County Dive Team, and all involved were very cordial and great to work with, sharing their appreciation of our efforts to bring closure to Samanth’s family.
It is our honor to have brought Samantha home.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Samantha’s family during this difficult time.
We will have a full edit of our search and recovery efforts available in the next few months.
Hug the ones you love for you never know when it might be the last time you see them.
We are humbled by the opportunity all of you have given us to help in the search for answers as to what happened to Samantha and her babies.
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Thank you for helping my wife get closure and bringing my mother in-law home. Thank you Thank you Thank you
were the bodies still in there
You all are amazing
Thank you very much you guys your angels I say angels
Mike Hunt these towns but God real surrounding lakes and wire fence around the opponent's so no more driving stomach and little kids on block there and drowned
So sad my 🙠to the family
Safe travels for you guys
Omg
I just love how you guys respect the bodies inside the car and keep everything intact. Some of these rescuers tear the vehicles apart. You are super careful and respectful.
I really am feeling 4 you guys and it seems 2 have hid Jacob really bad. I don't know how you do it. God Bless. Becky
23 years ???? Thanks police and F,B,I for hard work 😓????
it is hard enough to imagine !!!and sad 😞 very 😔 very sad 😢!!!!!!
Thank you for all the efforts you make on behalf of families hoping to find answers. It's one of those thing I hope no one ever needs, but at the same time, I am grateful for every person that helps bring the lost ones home to their families.
Angels walk among us .
Thanx so very much from the bottom of our 💕 hearts…you have been sent to us to give us some kind of relief to all the sorrow we've had to endure. You guys are surly a godsend. We are surely blessed to have you…we can't thank you enough..however, I truly ⤠believe you guys ⤠will also be continuing to be blessed for all the wonderful good you do…. thank you kindly…
SAD BUT TRUE LIFE HAS A BUDGET DEATH IS NOT PART OF IT IN TODAYS WORLD
YOU ARE ALL GOD'S ANGELS ON EARTH, MAY YOU ALL HAVE WINGS IN DEATH
It never ceases to amaze me the great service all you guys do to reunite the missing with their loved ones once again. It's must be a mixed emotional ride for you all that's for sure? On the one hand your riding an incredible high knowing you've just brought their lost love one home releasing that unbearable weight that some families have carried for decades. Then to also have it get swept along the emotional tide of the one thing we all try not to think about? And one you guys must relive every time you bring the missing home? And if it plays on my mind like it does I couldn't imagine being so close when that inevitable thought comes to invade of those last moments? You can't avoid it? It's just there? Taking the good with the bad must be hard with what you do all the time though?
Especially moments like this. But if it wasn't for the incredible effort and dedication you all put into bring those lost and lonely back home again no one would ever get the chance feel that and personally. The weight of never knowing far out weights the other emotions combined I feel.
Keep safe. Keep healthy. And never stop bringing them home guys ðŸ¤
well done gentlemen!!! what you guys are doing is awesome and it’s making a very amazing difference. keep doing what you’re doing.
Watching from South Africa, sad case yes for sure i agreed however the best people brought peace and closure to the family. AWP you guy's are very special thanks to our HEAVENLY FATHER! ðŸ™â¤â¤â¤â¤
I wanna see theirs faces in the car
God Bless you guys!!
Thank you for what you do, and sharing it with us.
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