BREAKING: WAS MISSING NIKKI CHENG'S BODY MOVED? WARRANTS GOING DOWN

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In a major development in the search for Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office announced that the missing person investigation is now a homicide investigation. Detectives made the determination based on evidence gathered, information from interviews, and the fact that none of Nikki’s family members have heard from her since May 18, 2024.

Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain has been missing for ten months, and her husband, Tyler McCain, had remained silent until now. At a press conference alongside Nikki's family and the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, McCain spoke publicly about his wife for the first time. Nervous and struggling to find the right words, he said he didn’t know what to say, apologized to Nikki's family and his children for not being more publicly involved in the search, admitted he had not handled the attention well, and offered a message to Nikki, saying, "We miss you."

Detectives with the Shasta County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit, along with agents from Homeland Security and the FBI, served a search warrant at 17277 Olinda Road in Anderson. This was Nikki’s residence when family members first reported her missing on May 22, 2024.

Does this mean police believe Nikki's body was moved?

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Kaye Ford - Nikki's sister
Chloe Saelee - Nikki's sistee
Dwane Cates - Certified Criminal Law Specialist, Criminal Defense Attorney and Partner at Dwane Cates; DwaneCates.com on YouTube and LinkedIn
Caryn Stark - Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security; Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security
Shawn Schwaller - Freelance Reporter at A News Cafe, and Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Chico; X @madprofes

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0:00.0	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.7	Was Missing Mom, Nikki Chang's body moved?
0:13.8	As we go to air, warrants going down.
0:17.7	I'm Nancy Grace.
0:18.5	This is Crime Stories.
0:19.7	Thank you for being with us.
0:21.3	A break in the case of missing California mom, Nikki Chang. Officials say Nikki is a victim of
0:27.4	homicide. That is a major development in the search for Nikki Chain. As warrants are going down,
0:37.2	the theory. One of the working theories is that Nikki's body
0:41.0	may have been moved from one location. Law enforcement is looking at to another. Listen.
0:48.9	I'm talking to McCain. My husband, Nikki, I mean, first of all, I think the sheriff's office, Nikki, I think. I was the first of all, I think the insurance office, FBI getting involved.
1:01.1	Any efforts that get my help me, my wife home, safety.
1:12.4	We miss you.
1:15.0	Well, look what the cats dragged in.
1:17.8	Nikki has been missing.
1:22.7	And now suddenly her husband makes a statement.
1:23.8	That's right.
1:25.3	That's Tyler McCain.
1:27.5	I'm Tyler McCain, the husband of Nikki McCain.
1:32.8	First, I'd like to thank the sheriff's office and the FBI for getting involved. Anything to bring my wife home?
1:36.1	How about you going out to look for her? Just a suggestion.
1:45.2	Let's take a listen to more of Tyler McCain in his first public statement regarding the disappearance of his wife, Nikki. I don't know what to say.
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