EeneyMinnieMoe
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KRISTA (Her Daughter Disappeared on May 16, 1999): I've never denied Nicole left of her own free will, but I don't think Nicole expected to get into what she found. It was a Saturday. She was supposed to be at Saturday school. She left with bookbag in hand, and at about 10:30 that morning, a friend of hers from down the street came up and said that Nicole wasn't at Saturday school. She was with a group of friends. So I had went down to where they said she was at, and she was already gone.
We had had several of her friends over the period of the next few days come and say, you know, 'She's here' or 'She's there.' We'd get there, and we'd miss her. Then she met up with a 55-year-old man, and he was already known for illegal activities. I went to his house. He denied knowing Nicole or who she was. We now know that she was there. He then transported her to a motel. That is the last known time anybody has seen her.
Unidentified Woman #5: Nicole's been gone for over three and a half years. I can't believe that if she was somewhere out there that she wouldn't be home with us. I just want to let you know, Nicole, that you are loved very, very much, and we want you home.
KRISTA: There's not a day go by you don't think about it. I'll never give up hope, though.
(End of excerpts)
WILLIAMS: Please welcome Krista to the show. This 55-year-old man was a suspect, was he not?
KRISTA: Yes. He was arrested and convicted of--well, he was charged with 44 counts of rapes of minors. He videotaped himself doing it. There was a weapons charge. He's got an extensive criminal background. He wasn't charged with Nicole, but he wa--once we got in the house, he was linked to knowing Nicole was there. There was items...
WILLIAMS: He was going to--he was going to tell you something, or at least he claimed he would tell you something, did he not?
KRISTA: Part of the plea bargain--they cut the charges down--was to tell us what happened to Nicole.
WILLIAMS: What do you think?
Ms. BROWNE: She's gone, honey.
KRISTA: Do you know where she's at?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, and strangely enough, she's right near his house. She...
KRISTA: Is she in his basement? Do you know?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, in the house or under the house or in the house.
KRISTA: Did she ever get out of the house?
Ms. BROWNE: No. No.
KRISTA: Do you know how she died?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, smothered. Smothered her.
KRISTA: Was he by himself? Did he do it or did he have somebody else do it?
Ms. BROWNE: There were three other young males that were there. He...
KRISTA: Do you know what they look like?
Ms. BROWNE: You knew his house was like--I hate to say this word--'crack house.' I mean, was like people coming and going and doing all kinds of crazy things. I mean, boys and girls.
KRISTA: Girls--right. He was known for prostitution, and he was transporting girls across state lines.
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, yeah. Yeah, but, I mean, he also had horrible things that he did with boys, too. So I mean, it wasn't just girls.
KRISTA: Do you know what these boys look like? Or a name or...
Ms. BROWNE: Boys were young, slender. One always wore a blue zip-up coat. His name was Kevin. The other boy was Billy. These were the two, you know, ones that were privy to this. But he was the main instigator.
KRISTA: Do you know why he killed her?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, because she was going to tell. You know how stubborn she was, and she had a mouth.
KRISTA: Oh, yeah.
Ms. BROWNE: She was gonna tell.
KRISTA: Sh--we had a house fire back in August, and it burnt everything from the top stories except for a photo album. Did she have something to do with that?
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, yeah. I mean, she didn't start the fire.
KRISTA: No.
Ms. BROWNE: No, no, she just saved the album.
KRISTA: Did she save that photo album?
Ms. BROWNE: Yes. Yes. Yes.
WILLIAMS: Let me take a little break. We'll be back right after this.
(Announcements)
WILLIAMS: Yes, ma'am?
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/coppler_nicholle.html
What a sad story. Here's one more to add to the pile of cases where SB was of no help whatsoever.
KRISTA (Her Daughter Disappeared on May 16, 1999): I've never denied Nicole left of her own free will, but I don't think Nicole expected to get into what she found. It was a Saturday. She was supposed to be at Saturday school. She left with bookbag in hand, and at about 10:30 that morning, a friend of hers from down the street came up and said that Nicole wasn't at Saturday school. She was with a group of friends. So I had went down to where they said she was at, and she was already gone.
We had had several of her friends over the period of the next few days come and say, you know, 'She's here' or 'She's there.' We'd get there, and we'd miss her. Then she met up with a 55-year-old man, and he was already known for illegal activities. I went to his house. He denied knowing Nicole or who she was. We now know that she was there. He then transported her to a motel. That is the last known time anybody has seen her.
Unidentified Woman #5: Nicole's been gone for over three and a half years. I can't believe that if she was somewhere out there that she wouldn't be home with us. I just want to let you know, Nicole, that you are loved very, very much, and we want you home.
KRISTA: There's not a day go by you don't think about it. I'll never give up hope, though.
(End of excerpts)
WILLIAMS: Please welcome Krista to the show. This 55-year-old man was a suspect, was he not?
KRISTA: Yes. He was arrested and convicted of--well, he was charged with 44 counts of rapes of minors. He videotaped himself doing it. There was a weapons charge. He's got an extensive criminal background. He wasn't charged with Nicole, but he wa--once we got in the house, he was linked to knowing Nicole was there. There was items...
WILLIAMS: He was going to--he was going to tell you something, or at least he claimed he would tell you something, did he not?
KRISTA: Part of the plea bargain--they cut the charges down--was to tell us what happened to Nicole.
WILLIAMS: What do you think?
Ms. BROWNE: She's gone, honey.
KRISTA: Do you know where she's at?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, and strangely enough, she's right near his house. She...
KRISTA: Is she in his basement? Do you know?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, in the house or under the house or in the house.
KRISTA: Did she ever get out of the house?
Ms. BROWNE: No. No.
KRISTA: Do you know how she died?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, smothered. Smothered her.
KRISTA: Was he by himself? Did he do it or did he have somebody else do it?
Ms. BROWNE: There were three other young males that were there. He...
KRISTA: Do you know what they look like?
Ms. BROWNE: You knew his house was like--I hate to say this word--'crack house.' I mean, was like people coming and going and doing all kinds of crazy things. I mean, boys and girls.
KRISTA: Girls--right. He was known for prostitution, and he was transporting girls across state lines.
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, yeah. Yeah, but, I mean, he also had horrible things that he did with boys, too. So I mean, it wasn't just girls.
KRISTA: Do you know what these boys look like? Or a name or...
Ms. BROWNE: Boys were young, slender. One always wore a blue zip-up coat. His name was Kevin. The other boy was Billy. These were the two, you know, ones that were privy to this. But he was the main instigator.
KRISTA: Do you know why he killed her?
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, because she was going to tell. You know how stubborn she was, and she had a mouth.
KRISTA: Oh, yeah.
Ms. BROWNE: She was gonna tell.
KRISTA: Sh--we had a house fire back in August, and it burnt everything from the top stories except for a photo album. Did she have something to do with that?
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, yeah. I mean, she didn't start the fire.
KRISTA: No.
Ms. BROWNE: No, no, she just saved the album.
KRISTA: Did she save that photo album?
Ms. BROWNE: Yes. Yes. Yes.
WILLIAMS: Let me take a little break. We'll be back right after this.
(Announcements)
WILLIAMS: Yes, ma'am?
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/coppler_nicholle.html
What a sad story. Here's one more to add to the pile of cases where SB was of no help whatsoever.
And she's never had a stroke, a heart attack, cancer, nothing.