In the early summer of 2012, a 14-year-old girl named Brittany Robinson was filled with excitement at the prospect of spending a rare weekend with her estranged father in Mobile, Alabama. On June 14, her aunt dropped her off at her father's, Demetric L. Hooper's, home on McCovery Road for what was supposed to be a simple two-day visit. Before leaving her mother's side, Brittany ran back to give her one last kiss and an 'I love you'.
That tender moment would be the last time her mother saw her. When Brittany failed to return home as planned, initial concerns about a potential custody dispute soon morphed into a deeply troubling mystery as days turned into weeks with no word from the teenager. She was last seen wearing a pink floral shirt and blue jeans. Brittany also suffered from severe asthma and did not have her necessary medication with her.
The investigation into Brittany's disappearance quickly focused on her father, Demetric Hooper. Immediately after she was last seen, he left the Mobile area. Authorities discovered that he had traveled throughout the southeastern United States. About three weeks after Brittany vanished, he was seen taking a bus from Memphis, Tennessee, to Arkansas, and Brittany was not with him. Six weeks after she went missing, a warrant was issued for his arrest. In September 2012, investigators located Hooper at a mental health facility in Arkansas, where he had sought treatment for schizophrenia, a condition for which he had been hospitalized multiple times in the years prior. Brittany was not with him. At the time of his arrest, Hooper was in possession of his daughter's pink iPod, as well as knives and a rope. He was charged with felony custodial interference.
Over the years, the case saw several legal developments, though answers for Brittany's family remained elusive. In August 2014, Demetric Hooper pleaded guilty to custodial interference and was sentenced to ten years in prison, but he was released in December 2016 after serving only a fraction of his sentence. He consistently denied any involvement in his daughter's disappearance. The case went cold for several years until February 2024, when a grand jury indicted Hooper on a murder charge in connection with his daughter's vanishing. The prosecution argued that the sheer passage of time and lack of any contact from Brittany was evidence that she was deceased. However, in a trial that took place in June 2025, a jury acquitted Demetric Hooper of the murder charge. Despite the acquittal, Brittany Robinson has never been found, and her disappearance remains an open investigation, leaving her loved ones with unanswered questions and a profound sense of loss.Last Seen: Jun 14, 2012
