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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

MORGAN NICK, 6, VANISHES FROM LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, NEVER SEEN AGAIN

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Colleen Nick brings her 6-year-old daughter, Morgan, to a baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. At the field, two children ask Morgan to catch fireflies with them in a green space off the parking lot. As the game wraps up, the children Morgan was playing with return to the stands, but Morgan isn’t with them. They say Morgan's cleaning sand out of her shoes in the parking lot. Colleen goes to get Morgan around 10:45, but the 6-year-old is nowhere to be found.  

Alma PD and Crawford County Sheriffs assume Morgan just wandered off, but adult witnesses say they saw a man trying to talk to a little blonde girl—and his red truck left the parking lot shortly after they lost sight of her. Months later, Alma PD get several reports of attempted kidnappings with the same key detail: a red truck. During one attempt, a bystander manages to write down his license plate number. The driver is identified as Billy Jack Lincks, but he denies involvement in Morgan's disappearance. 

Years later, investigators decide to track down Lincks' truck. Inside, they find blonde hairs that are a DNA match to Colleen Nick, leading them to believe Morgan was once inside. Lincks died in prison on unrelated charges 5 years after Morgan's disappearance.

Investigators are still searching for Morgan Nick, unsure if they will find a now 36-year-old woman, or a little girl’s remains. The FBI is asking for any information on Billy Lincks’ life. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the National Center for Missing and Exploited children at 1-800-THE-LOST.  

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

  • Matthew Mangino – Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County); Author: “The Executioner’s Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States;” X: @MatthewTMangino
  • Dr. Judy Ho - Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist, Author of The New Rules of Attachment; IG & X: @drjudyho; FB: doctorjudyho;
  • Dr. Jorey L. Krawczyn  – Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. – Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”
  • Dr. Robin Dreeke - Behavior Expert & Former FBI Special Agent / Chief of the FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, Author: "Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agents Manual for Behavior Prediction" , "Unbreakable Alliances: A Spy Recruiter's Authoritative Guide to Cultivating Powerful and Lasting Connections"   and "Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agents Manual for Behavior Prediction" all of his books available on Amazon, peopleformula.com, Twitter: @rdreeke 
  • Dr. Monte Miller – Director, Forensic DNA Experts LLC; Specialist in Sexual Assaults and Murder, and Former Forensic Scientist for Texas Dept. of Public Safety State Crime Lab
  •  Alexis Tereszchuk - Crimeonline.com Investigative Reporter

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

0:05.0

A beautiful little six-year-old girl vanishes from a little league game, never seen again.

0:13.5

I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.

0:17.1

A six-year-old girl catching lightning bugs with friends goes missing from a baseball game,

0:25.3

just yards away from her mother. Morgan Nick, six, is a loving big sister to siblings,

0:33.2

Logan and Terran. After her parents' divorce, Morgan becomes much more reserved. She seems to settle into their new home in Alma, Arkansas, after adopting a young kitten.

0:42.2

Mom, Colleen, Nick, is grateful to see Morgan coming back out of her shell after her Girl Scout meetings.

0:47.0

She's a very dedicated Daisy. Morgan also has big dreams for the future, but can't decide if she would rather be a circus artist or a doctor.

0:55.0

What a beautiful, beautiful girl, sugar and spice and everything nice, torn between being a doctor,

1:04.0

a medical doctor, and a circus artist.

1:09.2

Just adopted a pet kitty cat. She seemingly vanished into thin air. Her mother just yards away

1:22.5

at a little league game full of children and families screaming and yelling, supporting

1:30.7

their kid out there on the field.

1:33.6

What could be a more wholesome environment?

1:37.0

A little league game.

1:40.4

Morgan goes to try and catch fireflies, lightning bugs, with her little friends.

1:48.3

Mom is watching.

1:50.2

And then surely, after that, it's time to go, but no, Morgan.

1:56.3

Joining me an all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now.

2:02.3

But first, listen to investigative reportercronline.com, Sydney Sumner. Colleen, Nick, is invited to join a friend

2:07.5

for a minor league baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. Colleen is hesitant to accept. It's a half-hour

2:13.1

drive to Wofford Field and the game starts fairly late. Colleen eventually agrees bringing Morgan along with her.

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