Arletha Hopkins

On July 28, 2008, the daughter of Arletha Hopkins contacted authorities and reported that her father, a preacher named Anthony Hopkins, had sexually abused her for years. She also said that her father killed Arletha Hopkins and hid the body.¹ Police obtained a search warrant and discovered the body in Hopkins' freezer. After giving a sermon at the church he frequented, Hopkins was arrested and charged with murder and incest.²

Fast Facts

1. Arletha Hopkins had eight children²
2. Anthony Hopkins was the father of six of the children²
3. Children ranged in age from 3 to 19 years old²
4. Daughter contacted authorities on July 28, 2008
5. Daughter claimed she had been sexually abused by her father for several years³
6. Daughter said her father killed her mother and asked her to help hide the body in a freezer in 2004³
7. Body found in a freezer on the same day the daughter told the story to authorities²

Daughter's Statement To Authorities

Arletha Hopkins' daughter went to the Mobile Department of Child Advocacy Center in Alabama on July 28, 2008. She reported that in November of 2004 her mother caught her father sexually abusing her in the bathroom. She told investigators that her parents argued and Arletha locked her husband out of the house. Arletha later let him back in.¹

Body in Freezer

The girl said that the next morning, her father asked her to help him hide Arletha Hopkins' body. The body was then put in a freezer in the laundry room. The girl told investigators that she left the house about two weeks earlier and the body was still there.¹

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