coming up. He simply said that, you know, when she basically told him that she was transgender,

he got very upset by that and asked her to get out of the van and she walked away.

What did you make of that at that point? Oh, that was a lie. For Vault Studios, I'm Reed Redmond.

And I'm Will Johnson. You're listening to The Daily Crime.

Local news station KGW in Portland, Oregon has launched a new podcast series called Should Be Alive, sharing the story of a 17-year-old who went missing in June of 2019.

This is Detective David Jensen with Vancouver Police, and the date is October 2nd, 2019.

A time is 6.35 p.m.

It's been four months, almost to the day, that a teenage girl seemingly disappeared from her hometown of Vancouver, Washington.

Were you aware that this is recording?

Do I have your consent to record this conversation?

Yep.

Okay.

Also with me a...

This is the first time detectives are getting to talk to the man they believe was the last

person to see 17-year-old Nikki Kuhnhausen.

It's been a game of cat and mouse, just getting him here to answer questions.

Do you have any idea why? I'm asking you.

I was told Missing Spurston's case. Okay. We're joined by Ashley Corsland, host of Should Be Alive.

Ashley, thanks for being here with us. Yeah, thanks for having me here. Ashley, we've had you on this show

a handful of times in the past, and one of those times was to talk about this case that's at the center of your new podcast series,

the murder of a teenage girl named Nikki Kuhnhausen.

But because it's been a little while, can you introduce our listeners to this story again?

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