Erica Nicole Hunt

Suspicious CircumstancesBody Recovered

Updated September 04, 2021

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Missing Persons Details

Missing Adults Erica Nicole Hunt
Missing from Opelousas, Louisiana - USA	Nationality	Case Entered September 06, 2021	Status Body Recovered
Current Classification Suspicious Circumstances	Source of Record Media	Last Updated	Verified

Physical Description

Gender Female	Age When Reported Missing	Age As of Today 28	Race Black or African American
Hair Color Brown	Eye Color Brown	Height 5'4"	Weight 160lbs

Last Seen Wearing
Distinct Features	Erica Hunt had the following tattoos: the word "Nicole" on her lower back; the word "Breionna" on her right wrist; and a tattoo of a Care Bear with a star on her left shoulder.
Medical Alert

Details of Disappearance

Erica Nicole Hunt was last seen by family or friends on July 04, 2016.

According to open source information, Erica Nicole Hunt was last seen on approximately 07/04/2016, near a relative's house in Opelousas, LA. Hunt's roommate reported her missing on 07/05/2016. Hunt has not been seen or heard from since.

***UPDATE***

On 02/05/2021, State Police investigators announced positively confirming a forensic match to Erica Hunt. Human remains were found in a rural area of Evangeline Parish, LA in 2018. The remains were identified as belonging to Erica Nicole Hunt, the Opelousas woman reported missing in 2016.

The skeletal remains were found during a search for a missing child at the time, but not identified until two years later through the efforts of the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab, the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory and the DNA Doe Project.

Hunts’s death is being investigated as a homicide and the public is asked to call authorities with any information that may be of assistance in the case.

Anyone with information about Hunts’s case asked to contact St. Landry Crime Stoppers at 948-8477(TIPS), online at stlandrycrimestoppers.com, or via Facebook by leaving a WEBTIP. Tips may also be submitted via text message by texting TIPS625 plus the tip to CRIMES (274637).

The Louisiana State Police online reporting system is also available by visiting www.lsp.org and clicking the Suspicious Activity link.

Who to contact!
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Erica Nicole Hunt, you are encouraged to contact the Opelousas Police Department at (337) 948-2500, ask for . Be sure to have the case number available as you will need it.

FBI Information

FBI Field Office Division

New Orleans

(504) 816-3000

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