GA GA- Artdrunetta Lareann Hobbs, 23, culinary arts student @ Atlanta Tech. College, car found abandoned & burned, Melvin Drive Park, Atlanta, 10/8/06

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Artdrunetta Lareann Hobbs – The Charley Project

Artdrunetta Lareann Hobbs​

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Hobbs, circa 2006

• Missing Since08/10/2006
• Missing FromAtlanta, Georgia
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexFemale
• RaceBlack
• Date of Birth07/20/1983 (39)
• Age23 years old
• Height and Weight5'2 - 5'3, 125 - 130 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA white t-shirt with the words "Friends Forever" and a picture of a stack of money printed on the front; blue denim Girbaud shorts; orange, blue, and white Air Jordan sneakers; a white A-town hat; and a gold necklace with a pendant of a cross surrounded by diamonds.
• Associated Vehicle(s)Gold 1995 Toyota Avalon sedan with tinted windows and the Georgia license plate number AGY 6585 (accounted for)
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Hobbs's nicknames are Dread, Dirty and Pumpkin. She has a tattoo of her initials "AH" on her upper arm, and gold caps on her upper incisor teeth. Hobbs's tongue is pierced. She wears Cartier eyeglasses with gold rimless frames. Her hair was in dreadlocks at the time of her disappearance.

Details of Disappearance​

Hobbs was last seen at approximately 4:00 p.m. on August 10, 2006 at her residence in the 2600 block of Butner Road in Atlanta, Georgia. On the date of her disappearance she went shopping at the Greenbriar Mall, had lunch and received a phone call from someone she knew.

She has never been heard from again. Her vehicle, a gold 1995 Toyota Avalon sedan with tinted windows and the Georgia license plate number AGY 6585, disappeared with her. The sedan was later found abandoned and burned.

In January 2007, a partial set of human remains was found near some railroad tracks at the edge of Melvin Drive Park in Atlanta. A shotgun was found nearby. Hobbs was last seen near Melvin Drive Park, and her car was also found in the general area. Authorities believe the bones may be hers, but they have not been positively identified.

Hobbs was a culinary arts student at Atlanta Technical College in 2006; she only had three classes yet to take before she could receive her degree. Foul play is suspected in her case, which remains unsolved.''

 

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Author: Gabriella Nunez, Erica Murphy
May 20, 2023

DeKalb Police hopes DNA drive could close cold cases

New DNA technology has helped them solve a 30-year-old unidentified woman case -- they hope its recent DNA collection event could pose similar results.

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''DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Cold case detectives collected what they hope would be evidence to close ongoing DeKalb County investigations and bring families closure.
At DeKalb County Public Library on Covington Highway, officials hosted a missing persons event and DNA drive Saturday. It was the first-of-its-kind event.
Officials with the medical examiner's office and the district attorney's office asked families about their loved ones and were willing to open any missing persons report while there. Their goal is close 27 ongoing unidentified remains cases. Officials said that number could go up after Saturday's event -- but hopefully, they'll be able to resolve them.''

''Tonjala Harris came to Saturday's event, hoping to assist in her missing daughter's case. She said 23-year-old Artdrunetta Hobb seemingly disappeared in August 2006 from Atlanta by Melvin Park and her remains have never been found.
"I go looking for my baby quite often," she said. "I think someone out there knows exactly where my baby at and what happened -- and I can't stop looking for her."
Harris said she wanted to submit her DNA and find some answers.
"Cold cases are hard; losing a loved one is really hard and not knowing," she said.
Harris said that 2023 already has a different outlook than 2006 -- saying with new investigators, modern technology and new DNA she's hopeful there could be something.
The event comes as DeKalb County received a $500,000 grant for new DNA technology that's already helped solve a case.''

 

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'Feb 12, 2022
The family of a woman that has been missing for 16 years has not given up hope they will find her. Police said Artdrunetta Hobbs was abducted and even with several suspects identified in the case, she has not been found'

'Feb 3, 2022
A metro Atlanta mother says her mother was kidnapped after police found her car burned at an area park. That was back in 2006, but she still is seeking closure, even organizing a search of the park to try to find her daughter's remains.'

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