On Wednesday, March 11 at approximately 9:40 a.m., Pearland Police Officers responded to the 2000 block of Sunset Springs Drive in Pearland in reference to a missing 7-year old nonverbal, autistic female child. The child, Skylar Hopson, was believed to have left the house on foot with her iPad.
Pearland Police Department utilized several resources to assist in the search, including drones, K9s, search teams, and HPD’s helicopter in efforts to locate Skyler. K9s were able to track the child’s scent to a nearby retention pond, which corroborated with pings from her iPad. At approximately 2:45 P.M. with the assistance of the Houston Dive Team, Skyler was recovered and confirmed deceased at the scene.
Pearland Police Department is devastated by the results of this search and our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this time. Thank you to all local resources, including TEXSAR and AlphaSAR and their K-9’s, who tracked the scent to the pond, as well as Pearland residents who assisted in search and surveillance efforts and to the community for their support.
