Renee Ann Hoelman’s missing person case began with a painful silence after her family last had contact with her on April 20, 2024. She was 29 years old at the time, and the NamUs public case record identifies her as missing from Frederick, Maryland, under case number MP127765. The case information lists her last location in Frederick County, in the Fort Detrick area of Frederick, and states that she had not had contact with her family since that April date. In a public appeal, the Frederick Police Department said Renee was last seen on April 20, 2024, in the 1700 block of Heather Lane, and asked anyone with information about her whereabouts to contact Detective Nicole Smith. The missing person report was handled by the Frederick Police Department, with the agency case number listed as 2024-063667.
Renee was described in public case information as a White/Caucasian woman with blond or strawberry-colored hair and blue eyes. She was listed as approximately 5 feet to 5 feet 1 inch tall and between 140 and 165 pounds. NamUs recorded her age at the time she went missing as 29, with a current age listed as 30 after time passed. The public case details did not include a known vehicle, clothing description, travel documents, or distinctive physical features, leaving investigators and the public with only the essential identifying information and the circumstances of her last known contact. That kind of limited information can make a missing person case especially difficult for a family, because every day without contact leaves room for concern while offering few public answers.
The publicly released circumstances indicated that Renee may have been in more than one possible area after her last known contact. NamUs noted that she could be in the Mandeville, Louisiana area or the Hagerstown, Maryland area, expanding the search beyond Frederick and into communities that may have had some connection to her movements or possible whereabouts. The mention of both Louisiana and another Maryland city suggested that investigators were open to the possibility that Renee had traveled or had ties outside Frederick, but no public information gave a confirmed route, confirmed destination, or detailed timeline explaining what happened after she was last seen on Heather Lane.
The case is no longer an active missing person case. The Frederick Police Department later issued an update stating that Ms. Hoelman had been located and was safe. The exact date of that update is not clear from the available information, so the resolution can only be described generally: after public concern, a NamUs listing, and a police request for assistance, Renee was found alive. That outcome matters deeply, because many missing person cases leave families waiting without answers; in Renee’s case, the publicly shared resolution was that she was located safely.
In overview, Renee Ann Hoelman was a 29-year-old woman from Frederick, Maryland, whose family had no contact with her after April 20, 2024. She was last publicly reported as seen in the 1700 block of Heather Lane in Frederick, with NamUs also listing the Fort Detrick/Frederick area as her last known location. The Frederick Police Department investigated, and public information noted possible connections to Mandeville, Louisiana, and Hagerstown, Maryland. The case began as a worrying disappearance marked by limited details and concern from family and police, but it ultimately ended with the compassionate and welcome update that Renee Hoelman had been located and was safe.
Last Seen: Apr 20, 2024
