Hair in truck solves cold case kidnapping of 6-year-old Arkansas girl

A hairsbreadth successful an aged motortruck led constabulary to lick a decades-old kidnapping of a 6-year-old miss successful Arkansas, according to authorities.

Morgan Nick was playing with friends extracurricular a children’s shot parkland successful Alma, Ark., connected June 9, 1995, erstwhile she was snatched and ne'er seen again.

Now, cops accidental Billy Jack Lincks — who died successful situation successful 2000 — was the antheral who kidnapped Morgan.

“And where is Morgan now? I tin archer you contiguous that this probe is not over,” Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer said Tuesday astatine a property conference. “It is ongoing and active.”

Lincks was considered arsenic a fishy successful the archetypal probe into Morgan’s disappearance. About 2 months aft Morgan was kidnapped, Lincks was caught trying to snatch an 11-year-old miss conscionable 8 miles from the shot tract wherever Morgan was past seen, according to section CBS affiliate KFSM.

At the time, helium was spotted driving a reddish truck, which was besides the fishy conveyance successful Morgan’s abduction. However, helium denied immoderate engagement successful that case.

Lincks was serving situation clip for the attempted abduction erstwhile helium died successful 2000. More than 2 decades later, successful 2021, the FBI identified Lincks arsenic a idiosyncratic of interest successful Morgan’s disappearance.

Investigators tracked down the motortruck that Lincks utilized to ain and recovered a hairsbreadth that, done DNA analysis, they learned belonged to a subordinate of the Nick family. All different household members said they had ne'er seen the motortruck before.

Morgan’s assemblage has ne'er been found. Arkansas’ missing kid alert strategy is named aft her, and her lawsuit was explored successful a 2023 Hulu documentary “Still Missing Morgan.”