An East County family plans a memorial for their teenage daughter who died earlier this year of a suspected fentanyl overdose is also trying to figure out why it took them this long to find closure.
"The Medical Examiner contacted my mother-in-law and that’s how we all found out. We haven’t heard from the police department," Garren Hopwood said.
For months, Cassidy's father and his family had been holding out hope that Cassidy was still alive. He spent days handing out missing person flyers. They would chase leads that turned up nothing. The fact that Cassidy was at the Medical Examiner's Office for months adds frustration to the pain the family is already feeling.
"A missing persons report and two weeks later they find a body and nothing happens about it. How did they not put two and two together?" Garren Hopwood said. It's still unclear why it took months to identify a girl who was found just a few miles from where she was reported missing. While Cassidy Hopwood's family continues to search for answers, they're hoping her identification will bring some closure to an incredibly painful chapter in their lives.
La Mesa police don't believe foul play was involved in Cassidy's death but they still want to talk to anyone who might know what happened to her before she died.
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