Drenika Lanette Hopper was 20 when she was found with a single gunshot wound to the head at a home on Morris Drive in Gaffney, South Carolina, on January 8, 2017. She was taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and died there that evening at 7:23 p.m. Originally from Carrollton, Georgia, she graduated with Gaffney High School’s Class of 2014 and is remembered by family as a cherished daughter and sibling.

Investigators named a person of interest early in the probe. In October 2018 authorities charged 25-year-old Joshua David Mosley of Gaffney with her murder, alleging he attempted to discard evidence under a bridge off Pacolet Highway; he was already jailed on an obstruction charge related to the case. Mosley told a bond hearing he was innocent and said Drenika had accidentally shot herself, but bond was denied. In December 2019 the murder charge against Mosley was dismissed without prejudice and the solicitor’s office said the investigation remained open.

Does anyone in the Gaffney area remember seeing Drenika or anything unusual on January 8, 2017?