2021 | POLICE & FIRE

Remains found in April were of Silver Spring woman missing since 2018

Police say DNA analysis confirmed identity

BY BETHESDA BEAT STAFF REPORT |DECEMBER 24, 2021 | 5:38 PM

Human skeletal remains found in the White Oak area in April have been identified as a Silver Spring woman who disappeared in 2018, police said.

Montgomery County police said in a press release on Friday that the remains have been confirmed to be from Brenda Lee Hopkins, who lived in the 11700 block of Eden Road.

Hopkins was 68 when she was reported missing on Aug. 9, 2018.

Her sister, who lived with her, reported at the time that she last saw Hopkins on Aug. 8, 2018, but that account was not confirmed, police have said.

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