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Episode 319: Parris Lechelle Hopson: Sleepless In Ohio

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Ed Dentzel

True Crime

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Parris Lechelle Hopson was a 26 year old from Columbus, OH. She was an artistic type who was close to her mother and brother. On Christmas Day, 2019, Parris was at her grandparents' home in Massillon, OH. Parris told everyone she was going to walk down to the local park and she would be back shortly. She was never seen again. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/parris-lechelle-hopson NAMUS: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/64218?nav Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/mother-refuses-give-hope-search-daughter-parris-hopson-who-has-n1221476 Map Analysis: https://youtu.be/3qxjiP7HYU0 If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Parris Hopson, please contact the Massillon Police Department at (330) 830-1735. Where You Can Find Unfound: On These Following Podcast Platforms: Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Podbean, and many others. Especially outside the United States. Please check out the new podcast, Unfound Live. Find it on your podcast application. Social Media sites: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the newest one, TikTok. Listener support sites: Patreon.com/unfoundpodcast. Paypal.me/unfoundpodcast The website: theunfoundpodcast.com The email address: [email protected]. And please mention Unfound at all true crime websites and forums. Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Paris-Lachelle Hobson was a 26-year-old from Columbus, Ohio. She was an artistic type

0:07.2

who was close to her mother and brother. On Christmas Day 2019, Paris was at her grandparent's home

0:15.7

in Massalon. Paris told everyone she was going to walk down to the local park and she would be back

0:23.1

shortly. She was never seen again. I'm at Denssel and this is Unfound.

0:54.0

We spend a lot of time at Unfound, concentrating on the words and behaviors of missing people before

1:11.7

they disappeared. This could be in the time frame just minutes before the person was never seen

1:18.2

again, or we might go back months if not years, depending on the situations and the people involved.

1:28.8

The question is always, was anything said or done by the missing person that could reveal why

1:36.3

the disappearance occurred? The answer to that question is sometimes obvious. For example,

1:44.4

Renee Lamonna had a history of mental illness and paranoia before she disappeared.

1:51.6

And in fact, on the night she ran away from her sister's home, Renee was having one of these

1:57.4

extreme episodes. Yet, many times, the answer isn't so obvious. For example, did Chance Engelbert

2:07.6

really mean it when he said he was going to walk the whole way back to Wyoming from Nebraska?

2:13.8

We wouldn't think so, but maybe well with the disappearance of Paris Hobson in the weeks leading up to

2:23.1

Christmas 2019, she was restless and anxious, but would not reveal the reasons. Then Paris was gone.

2:34.3

Does her case have anything to do with being sleepless in Ohio?

2:42.2

And now a summary of the case. This is brought to you by my friend Megan Lyne as his website

2:48.2

charlieproject.org.

2:52.1

Paris Hobson had no addictions, vices, or mental issues. She lived with her mother and they got

3:00.6

along well. Paris started out in a career in counseling after college, but then she took what

3:08.0

many might call a 180 degree turn and decided to become an event planner, working for the local

3:16.4

American Legion. Paris was artistic, writing music, books, and screenplays. Maybe most importantly,

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