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Erica Hunt

Case from Opelousas, LA dated Dec 30, 2018

Victim Details

Erica Hunt

March 21, 2023

Female

Black / African American

Opelousas

LA

2018-12-30

2016-07-04

2016-07-04

1995-07-10

Erica has the following tattoos: the word Nicole on her lower back; the word Breionna on her right wrist; and a tattoo of a Care Bear with a star on her left shoulder.

20

Erica

Hunt

Victim

Brown

Brown

5'2 - 5'4

150-167 lbs

07/10/2026


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A young mother vanishes and her body is found in an abandoned barn
On the Fourth of July in 2016, 20-year-old Erica Hunt, a Black female from Opelousas, Louisiana, vanished. She had a young daughter, who was only two years old at the time of her disappearance. Erica was last seen at the residence she shared with her sister and brother-in-law, Jordan Barnes. After she went missing, her family reported her disappearance to the Opelousas Police Department, sparking a years-long investigation into her whereabouts.

For more than two years, there were no answe ...
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    I'm still so shocked by the lack of justice for Erica. Her story has been on my mind since I first h... ...Read More
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