El Paso County Sheriff’s Workplace
The stays of a 19-year-old who went lacking a decade in the past had been discovered this week, Colorado authorities mentioned on Tuesday.
Kara Nichols’ stays had been found within the rural Black Forest space whereas police executed a search warrant on the dwelling of a suspect, El Paso County Sheriff Invoice Elder mentioned at a Tuesday press convention. Joel Hollendorfer, 46, was arrested and charged with second-degree homicide and felony proof tampering in reference to Nichols’ disappearance. The sheriff’s workplace didn't describe Hollendorfer’s relationship to Nichols. The identification of the stays was preliminary, Elder mentioned, and the coroner’s workplace could be conducting a extra thorough investigation earlier than making an official announcement, although Elder mentioned his workplace felt assured within the findings.
Nichols was reported lacking on Oct. 14, 2012. Her brother Terry had been the final particular person to see her alive, 5 days earlier, based on the sheriff’s workplace. An aspiring mannequin who lived in Colorado Springs, she had been en path to Denver when she disappeared. She instructed her pals she was touring for a photoshoot. Nichols had a historical past of heroin use and had simply come out of rehab, her father, Paul, instructed police on the time.
“There’s nothing anybody can say to convey Kara again, however we hope recovering Kara’s stays will convey closure and luxury to her household,” mentioned Leonard Carollo, assistant particular agent in command of the FBI area workplace in Denver.
After “dozens of search warrants” and “leads that spanned the U.S. and Europe,” the cops had been led to Hollendorfer’s dwelling after re-interviewing a key witness within the case with the assistance of the FBI, the sheriff mentioned, calling the case a “lengthy and troublesome highway.” The investigation stays ongoing.
The sheriff’s workplace took no questions following the press convention and didn't instantly reply to a request from The Each day Beast for additional data.