CO CO - Daphne Ronette Hope (34), Denver, Colorado, 16 August 2001

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Daphne Ronette Hope – The Charley Project
Missing Person Case

• Missing Since08/16/2001
• Missing FromDenver, Colorado
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth01/16/1965 (54)
• Age36 years old
• Height and Weight5'3, 150 pounds
• Medical ConditionsHope is addicted to drugs.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Hope has a scar on her right arm, and ears are pierced. Some agencies give her middle name as "Renee."

Details of Disappearance
Hope was last seen in Denver, Colorado on August 16, 2001. She lived with her boyfriend in the 2000 block of Fulton Street at the time. She has never been heard from again. Hope's boyfriend denied any knowledge of what happened to her, and a search warrant executed on their home turned no evidence.

Few details are available in Hope's case, but she's considered to be in danger due to her involvement with drugs and prostitution. Aurora, Colorado police are investigating.

 

[Atombudd]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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About this Case:​

Case originally reported to the Denver Police Department on August 16, 2001. While updating their files, Denver Police decided that this was an Aurora case on November 11, 2008. Daphne Hope is missing from the 2000 block of Fulton Street where she lived with a black male named Gary Lynn Sterling. Mr. Sterling denies knowledge of what happened to Daphne. A search warrant executed at the residence did not locate items of evidentiary value. Daphne Hope is a high risk victim involved with drugs and prostitution. Reference DNA sample has been secured from only one family member at this time. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to please contact the Aurora Police Department.

Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail: Daphne Hope

 

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Dec 4, 2022

Daphne Hope, 35: Last Seen In Colorado In 2001 • Our Black Girls

Little is known about Daphne Hope, but the 34-year-old disappeared from. Colorado in 2001. She reportedly lived a "high-risk" lifestyle."

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The Deck Podcast just released an episode about Daphne's disappearance.

The Deck Podcast Home - The Deck

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In the summer of 2001, Daphne Hope vanished… and for over seven long years, her case disappeared into the reams of files at the Denver Police Department. And even when new detectives did start digging, no one has been able to piece together exactly what happened to Daphne. Over the years, theories about her disappearance have varied wildly – from sex work and drug deals to a serial killer. There was even speculation that Daphne wasn’t missing at all, that she was hiding in protective custody. And then there’s the man she lived with at the time – what might he know about her disappearance?