TX TX - Hop Nguyen, 32, Grand Prairie, 17 Aug 2017

LisaWL7TR · Aug 27, 2017

Mysterious video found after 32-year-old man disappears in Grand Prairie, family says

Detectives haven't said whether they suspect foul play, but Hop Nguyen's relatives and friends are especially concerned because home security footage from the night he disappeared shows someone placing paper over the camera outside his front door in the 2400 block of Lancaster Drive. The person tries to hide his appearance before it sounds like he opens the door.

The 32-year-old was was last seen about 10:30 p.m. driving his white Nissan 350Z convertible on State Highway 161 as he exited Lower Tarrant Road, family friend Shally Nguyen said. His car is also missing.

Nguyen is a 5-foot-7 Vietnamese-American man who weighs about 165 pounds, his sister Jenni Nguyen said. He has short black hair, brown eyes, a scar behind his right ear and a half-sleeve dragon tattoo on his right arm. He also has a tattoo on his right inner arm with the letters "TFT." He is missing the tip of his right index finger, she said.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/missing-person/2017/08/27/32-year-old-man-missing-grand-prairie

cnmccarthy · Aug 28, 2017

This does not sound good! [emoji17]

Whiskers16 · Aug 28, 2017

The video of the person covering the camera shows it is from "Ring". From their website it looks like this brand of cameras can notify homeowners with live video when motion is detected. So when the person backs up toward the door and covers the camera it could have notified him. Have they stated if he was believed to be home at the time or if the person broke in and perhaps waited for him to arrive?

mpnola · Aug 28, 2017

I have a camera like that. I absolutely love it. Certainly, anyone who comes prepared to cover a camera is up to no good.... this cannot end well.

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Whiskers16 · Aug 28, 2017

His facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/rtrinhh

Henry2326 · Aug 30, 2017

His family suspects he was kidnapped or might be in danger, Shally Nguyen said.*"We hope someone saw his car or saw him around that time. Any information helps at this point because we are running into walls."*

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/missing-person/2017/08/27/32-year-old-man-missing-grand-prairie

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Agent Apricot · Sep 14, 2017

I wonder if this is the same Hop Nguyen?

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/eight-more-individuals-charged-casino-cheating-conspiracy

Whiskers16 · Sep 14, 2017

Agent Apricot said:
I wonder if this is the same Hop Nguyen?

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/eight-more-individuals-charged-casino-cheating-conspiracy

I saw that and wondered as well. But on social media a search for his name turns up a lot more results than I expected. So I figured it's reasonably possible it's not the same person.

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delineator57 · Sep 14, 2017

Whiskers16 said:
His facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/rtrinhh

Facebook now says "Page not found, the link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed". A bit odd if it was working before. I have found that sometimes when someone goes missing (or commits a crime), their facebook is deleted. But it could have contained a lot of clues for LE or the family to comb through...

delineator57 · Sep 14, 2017

I just searched his name on google with Dallas in quotes (since Grand Prairie is near Dallas), and some LinkedIn pages came up. Does anyone know what field of work he was in? Maybe that can provide some clues. I can't view this LinkedIn page, but on the Google search it says "Hop Nguyen. Teamcenter Consultant / Solution Architect / Software Engineer / Teamcenter Developer at Independent Contractor. Location: Dallas, Texas".

Maybe he worked in Dallas but lived in Grand Prairie? I don't know if any of this is helpful, there's not a lot to go on with this case it seems. And FWIW, he's not on NamUs yet...

flower_girl · Sep 14, 2017

delineator57 said:
Facebook now says "Page not found, the link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed". A bit odd if it was working before. I have found that sometimes when someone goes missing (or commits a crime), their facebook is deleted. But it could have contained a lot of clues for LE or the family to comb through...

It's still working for me.

delineator57 · Sep 14, 2017

Hmm, maybe it has something to do with privacy settings as I'm not logged in on facebook.

doodles1211 · Sep 14, 2017

mpnola said:
I have a camera like that. I absolutely love it. Certainly, anyone who comes prepared to cover a camera is up to no good.... this cannot end well.

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I completely agree. I wonder if he had cooperated with LE, if that was him indicted, and it was not appreciated. Wonder what other
reason(s) or motive someone would have for wanting to kidnap or harm him?

LadyofShalott · Sep 15, 2017

My computer won't let me see the video so apologies if this is obviously wrong, but is it possible he's the one who covered the camera? Maybe to hide when he left or what he brought with him?

doodles1211 · Sep 16, 2017

If I had that camera capability at my front door. I don't think I would answer the door if the camera was covered up. Maybe he looked through the peep hole when he noticed the camera covered and knew the person at the door, so he opened it???

Henry2326 · Sep 16, 2017

Interesting comments on this page....

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10105771297191128&id=16723982&ref=content_filter

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Whiskers16 · Dec 9, 2017

Hop has been entered into namus:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/40811/0/

LostInAustin · Dec 9, 2017

doodles1211 said:
If I had that camera capability at my front door. I don't think I would answer the door if the camera was covered up. Maybe he looked through the peep hole when he noticed the camera covered and knew the person at the door, so he opened it???

I don't think anyone of sound mind would answer their door if they'd just seen someone covering their security camera.

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Whiskers16 · Dec 9, 2017

LostInAustin said:
I don't think anyone of sound mind would answer their door if they'd just seen someone covering their security camera.

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Agree, and I'm not sure it's even been stated that this happened while Hop was home. I've wondered if someone "broke in" and laid in wait for him to return.

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LostInAustin · Dec 10, 2017

Whiskers16 said:
Agree, and I'm not sure it's even been stated that this happened while Hop was home. I've wondered if someone "broke in" and laid in wait for him to return.

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That's one of my biggest fears..

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