OH OH - Amy Hooper 19, Columbus, 3 March 1992

[Nina Michigan]

Amy was murdered in her Columbus Apartment in March of 1992. When she didn't report for her job at Berman Leather at the (now closed) Westland Mall her family was contacted. Her father gained access to the apartment with the help of a maintenance man and found Amy's body.

She was tied up, her hands behind her back, she'd been struck in the head with an unknown object and there were stab wounds to her neck.

Ohio Attorney General info on case

Article from Columbus Dispatch

[FONT=&quot]Her mother has her own theory, that Amy -- always trusting, always friendly, young and naive -- simply left her front door unlocked and became easy prey.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]The detectives think differently. There was a lot of rage in the crime, a lot of brutality. It was, detective Clark says, personal.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]He thinks Amy knew her attacker, that she could have let the person in. There were no signs of a struggle, although crime-scene photos show that the phone cord might have been ripped from the wall.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Over the next several weeks, a few women on the West Side told authorities they had received weird phone calls.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“It was bizarre, and we don’t know if there was ever any real connection,” Clark said. “But people would get calls and a man would say, ‘Remember Amy Hooper? You’re gonna end up just like that.’”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Nothing ever came of them. Tips came from as far away as Oklahoma and Texas. Nothing paid off.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Clark thinks the case still is solvable.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Several people knew about this, I’m sure of that,” he said. “For whatever reason, they haven’t come forward. Amy Hooper deserves justice.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]DNA evidence from the scene exists. Clark needs only a name to match it.[/FONT]

Not a ton of stuff online about her case.

 

[Ibiz]

I Think the phone calls were probally pranks made by kids.

 

[Truman]

2011 article:

https://www.10tv.com/article/weapon-never-found-19-year-case

"Investigators have usable DNA that has been resubmitted in the last year for matches but so far it has only eliminated suspects, Hogan reported."

 

[Jbetty567]

Amy was murdered in her Columbus Apartment in March of 1992. When she didn't report for her job at Berman Leather at the (now closed) Westland Mall her family was contacted. Her father gained access to the apartment with the help of a maintenance man and found Amy's body.

She was tied up, her hands behind her back, she'd been struck in the head with an unknown object and there were stab wounds to her neck.

Ohio Attorney General info on case

Article from Columbus Dispatch



Not a ton of stuff online about her case.

Researching this case and frustrated that there’s so little out there! Nina did you have any luck digging anything up besides the basic Dispatch and TV 10 articles you linked to? Amy’s case seems to have gone very cold.

 

[Nina Michigan]

I wanted to cover her case, but there isn't enough out there to put an episode together.

 

[Jbetty567]

I wanted to cover her case, but there isn't enough out there to put an episode together.

That’s my feeling as well. Thanks for giving it a try!!

 

[psych-nurse]

True Crime Garage did a 2 part podcast on this recently.

 

[nerosleuth]

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Could A Medallion Be A Key To Solving A Franklin County Woman's Murder From 1992?​

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WBNS-TV reported during their 6:00 p.m. newscast last week that investigators in the Amy Hooper cold case homicide are hoping to compare DNA found from the crime scene with genealogical DNA collected from ancestry web site would possibly give investigators a lead on who the suspect could be.

Source:

Could a medallion be a key to solving a Franklin County woman's murder from 1992?


Also here are two YouTube links to the True Crime Garage podcasts about the Amy Hooper case. Both podcasts are very interesting.

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True Crime Garage Amy Hooper Part 1​

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True Crime Garage Amy Hooper Part 2

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[bradalucas]

Finally justice for Amy https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-ne...lin-county-1992-killing-of-19-year-old-woman/

 

[Nina Michigan]

great news!

 

[nerosleuth]

WSYX-TV is reporting that a man arrested in the state of Washington on an unrelated gun charge was indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury on Tuesday for the March 1992 murder of Amy Hooper.

Bruce Daniels of Tumwater, Washington was indicted for murder and rape. DNA taken from his trash matched the DNA that was found on Hooper's body. His extradition hearing is set for January 8, 2025 in the state of Washington.

Source:

Washington state man indicted for Franklin County woman killed in 1992

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A Franklin County Ohio, grand jury on Tuesday indicted Bruce Daniels, 57, of Tumwater, Washington, for murder and rape. His extradition hearing is set for January 8, 2025.

Deputies found the knife at the scene used in the killing. They also said they found a necklace that Amy's roommate said she had never seen before.

Investigators said they believe she knew her attacker, but no one was charged for over 30 years.

The Lacey Police Department, Thurston County Narcotics Task Force, and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant at his home, where they found the 9mm handgun according to court documents provided by the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Breaking: 32-Year-Old Cold Case Murder Mystery Solved In Franklin County

Local cold case murder mystery finally solved after 32 years! Suspect indicted for murder and rape charges in connection with victim's death. Details revealed about evidence found at the scene and suspect's extradition process.

keyw.com

 

[dotr]

'Tears of joy': Family, longtime detective react to solving of Amy Hooper's 1992 murder

A DNA breakthrough led to the Dec. 5 arrest of Daniels, 58, of Tumwater, Washington. He has been charged with rape and murder in Hooper’s death.

www.dispatch.com

March 6 2025

Streamed live 7 hours ago #WSYX #ABC6 #News
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office will speak on the extradition of Bruce Daniels about a murder case from 1992.