IDAHO FALLS — Bonneville County Commissioners and the Mayor of Idaho Falls, through a joint proclamation Tuesday afternoon, have marked Sept. 14 as Missing Persons Day in honor of Amber Hoopes.

It’s been almost 24 years since Hoopes was abducted from her grandparents’ home near Lincoln Road on Sept. 14, 2001.

A Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office news release in 2024 stated that a suspect, who was involved in another kidnapping case, was followed in June 2002.

The pursuit resulted in sheriff’s deputies chasing the suspect into Madison County into the Big Hole Mountains, where a shooting occurred.

A K9 was killed and a deputy was injured, but the suspect was struck during the shooting and ended up taking his own life.

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