By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-18 15:11:55 | Updated at 2026-08-18 15:25:52
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A New Jersey woman was last spotted walking down a desolate road called Lost Lane in the woods more than two years ago.
Danielle Lopez was 37 years old when she disappeared in April 2024. She was last seen walking down Lost Lane in Penn State Forest around 6pm on April 13 by a couple driving past who happened to be recording with a GoPro.
The same couple had encountered Lopez about two hours earlier while she was driving her 2008 blue Hyundai Accent. She had asked them for directions to Lake Oswego, according to Lopez's mother and investigators.
The second time the couple saw Lopez, she explained that she was on foot because her car had become stuck in a muddy puddle and said she had been walking for 20 minutes.
The woman asked for help getting her car unstuck, but the couple 'didn’t call in or offer any help, telling her they would go check out the car and come back,' Lopez's mother, Sue Quackenbush, told FOX29 earlier this year.
The footage captured by the couple's GoPro that evening is the last confirmed sighting of Lopez before she vanished and was never heard from again.
The last two years have been grueling for Quackenbush, who has not given up hope that her daughter might one day be found. The mother keeps a Facebook page with around 1,600 followers dedicated to the search for her daughter.
On the second anniversary of Lopez's disappearance, New Jersey State Police shared an update saying the investigation is ongoing and that it 'is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Danielle and gathering any information related to her disappearance.'
Danielle Lopez was 37 years old when she vanished from Penn State Forest in New Jersey in April 2024
The last confirmed sighting of Lopez was around 6pm on April 13, when a couple recording with a GoPro spotted her walking down a road called Lost Lane
Around 9am on the day Lopez went missing, she was captured on surveillance footage purchasing coffee at a Wawa and leaving the store with a smile on her face
The day Lopez was last seen, she was also captured purchasing a coffee at a Wawa near the campsite shortly after 9am, and leaving the store with a smile on her face.
Quackenbush formally reported her daughter missing on April 24 after not hearing from Lopez for 12 days. The two had last spoken over the phone on April 12.
She explained to police that Lopez had been staying with her boyfriend, James Scott Dunn, at a campground in Brendan T Byrne State Forest, about 16 miles north of Lost Lane.
Quackenbush urged Dunn to speak to police, which he did about a week later. The boyfriend was then arrested on unrelated drug charges.
Dunn was sentenced to five years in prison in October 2025 on those charges along with a theft by deception charge, and he currently remains behind bars.
The Philadelphia Inquirer interviewed the boyfriend in prison, and he told the outlet that he and Lopez had been struggling with homelessness before moving to the campground shortly before Lopez went missing.
He said that he had been away from the campground for several days to pick up a motorcycle, visit friends and stay at hotels before returning on April 13.
He told the Inquirer that upon his return, the campground was in 'disarray' and that he 'was wondering where Danielle was.'
Lopez was walking down Lost Lane because her 2008 blue Hyundai Accent got stuck in a muddy puddle. The missing woman's car is pictured
Lopez was staying at a campground with her boyfriend, James Scott Dunn, when she went missing
Lopez's mother, Sue Quackenbush, reported her daughter missing on April 24 after not hearing from her for 12 days. The two had last spoken over the phone on April 12
On her Facebook page dedicated to the search for her daughter, Quackenbush said that Dunn told her the last time he saw Lopez was on April 16, three days after the last confirmed sighting of the missing woman.
The mother also said that Dunn's story 'changed several times,' and that he gave her different days for when Lopez left the campground and 'blamed different people in different versions of his story.'
'These contradictions matter. They are part of why many people consider his behavior a major red flag,' Quackenbush said.
Dunn has not been charged in relation to Lopez's disappearance, and police have not named him as a suspect or person of interest.
Quackenbush told the Inquirer that her daughter had struggled with alcohol addiction. On Facebook, the mother explained that Lopez's substance abuse 'became clear after the loss of her oldest brother (my son, Eric).'
'Blaming herself lead to Danielle accepting a lifestyle she didn't deserve. I helped Danielle as best I could; she stayed with me often and attended rehab several times,' Quackenbush said.
'The door to my home was and is still open for Danielle. I invited her and begged her to come home. Danielle was coerced into going back. If I could change any part of how this unfolded, I would have,' the mother added.
Eric died by suicide in 2015, and Quackenbush's younger son, Michael, a marine veteran who served in Afghanistan, died in a car crash in 2016.
Lopez is pictured with her brothers, Eric and Michael, who died in 2015 and 2016. Quackenbush said her daughter struggled with alcohol addiction after the death of Eric
Quackenbush maintains a memorial for Lopez on Lost Lane, and she said she wants to get the name of the road changed
Quackenbush told the Inquirer that Lopez's grandfather died in May 2020, and her father died a month later. The missing woman's rescue dog, Roscoe, also had to be euthanized just a few months before Lopez vanished.
The mother is offering a $25,000 reward for anyone who provides information that leads investigators to find her daughter.
She maintains a memorial for Lopez on Lost Lane, and she told the Inquirer that she hopes to get the name of the road changed.
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