Missing Crawfordsville woman found in Texas

UPDATE: A search for a Washington County businesswoman who apparently disappeared voluntarily in early January has come to a successful conclusion.

Sharon Hopf disappeared Jan. 5, on her way from her home in Crawfordsville to her workplace in Kalona. Her car was later found in Missouri, but family members said she was located at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ron Sojka, a cousin of the missing woman, said Hopf was discovered at a laundromat in Denton by someone who was concerned that she seemed confused.  That person found a phone number on Hopf, leading him to call another relative in Missouri.  A call there set family members in motion to find her at the laundromat.

Sojka said the woman's brother, Robert Sojka, lived about 40 miles from Denton, Texas and drove over in response to the call.  He confirmed the woman at the laundromat was Hopf.

Sojka had no explanation for why Hopf turned up in Texas, although she lived in an area around Dallas until age 14.  Sojka said her confusion and inability to explain how she got to Texas could suggest some sort of medical problem.

Sojka and Sharon Hopf's husband, Perry Hopf, will drive to Texas to pick her up.

The Washington County Sheriff's department, also citing family members, confirmed a successful conclusion to the missing person case.  The department had earlier determined no foul play was involved, and Hopf had left of her own free will.