The household of a lacking Utah building employee is determined for solutions years after he was final accounted for heading out to a Salt Lake Metropolis building web site.
Justin Hooiman left for work round 6 a.m. on Nov. 20, 2017. He referred to as his mother alongside the best way, they usually made plans to fulfill for lunch.
“He’s a spoiled, 27-year-old boy who was craving Chipotle,” his sister, Misty Beaver, instructed Fox Information Digital. “He mentioned, ‘Mother, I’m craving Chipotle, do you assume you possibly can meet me for lunch?’ She in fact mentioned sure.”
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That was the final time anybody heard from him.
His mom, Marilyn Stevenson, went to fulfill him at his job web site, and he wasn’t there.
“He had by no means confirmed up for work that day,” Beaver mentioned. “So someplace between leaving for work and attending to work, he disappeared.”
His bank card confirmed no new exercise. His cellphone pinged one final time, and he hasn’t been heard from since.
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In March 2021, investigators started exploring the case as a possible murder after a federal informant alleged his homicide, based on the household.
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Hooiman’s household was amongst a number of that traveled to Nashville for CrimeCon 2024 final month to lift consciousness of their family members’ chilly instances and search solutions.
The previous highschool soccer star suffered a leg harm and was prescribed the painkiller OxyContin, his sister mentioned, a drug she now opposes for all makes use of and for younger sufferers particularly.
He grew to become hooked after one other surgical procedure on his shoulder and commenced utilizing more durable medication, she mentioned, however he was in therapy and gainfully employed.
“He isn’t some loser on the streets,” Beaver mentioned. “He issues, and I miss his hugs each single day of my life.”
Hooiman is 6 toes, 1 inch tall and weighed about 190 kilos when he was final seen in Salt Lake Metropolis. He has brown hair and brown eyes.
Hooiman was residing at a midway home referred to as Fortitude on the time he disappeared. In keeping with the household’s non-public investigator, Jason Jensen, Hooiman and one other resident left collectively that morning.
“We have an interest to listen to from the general public about their expertise with harmful people at Fortitude, particularly in the course of the November 2017 timeframe,” Jensen instructed Fox Information Digital. “We want to be taught who resided there at the moment, and who could have visited people residing there at the moment.”
The case stays unsolved.
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Anybody with data is requested to name Salt Lake Metropolis police at 801-799-3454.
The household is individually asking for anybody who knew Hooiman whereas he was residing at Fortitude to contact Jensen at 801-759-2248.
“I’d love nothing greater than to have the assistance of anyone to assist deliver him dwelling and shut this case for us,” Beaver mentioned.
