Skeleton remains confirmed to be missing Kentucky teen Paige Johnson

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A hunter contacts police reporting human remains in a forest. Now, police say they have recovered the remains of Paige Johnson, who went missing nearly 10 years ago. Just 17 years old at the time, the Northern Kentucky girl disappeared after attending a party with friends. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the break in the case:Kirk Nurmi - Former attorney for Jodi Arias, author of "Trapped with Ms. Arias" Bobby Chacon - Former Special Agent FBI, current star of Facebook series, "Curse of Akakor" Joe Scott Morgan - Forensic expert, Professor of Forensics, author of "Blood Beneath my Feet"Dr. Daniel Bober - Forensic psychiatrist Kristen Quon - Reporter for WCYB, Bristol, Va.

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0:35.6	I want justice. Crime stories with Nancy Grace premieres March 9 only on Fox Nation.
0:47.9	A 17-year-old girl Paige Johnson goes missing, 2010. The search is on and the last
0:56.8	hours a major break and the search for Paige Johnson Kentucky Beauty. What happened
1:06.0	that I page goes missing? What clues have been left behind? One anonymous tip about a water
1:15.9	system leads police on a wild goose chase but has the case finally been cracked. I'm Nancy Grace.
1:25.0	This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.
1:36.8	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
1:46.0	Today, friends searched East Fork Lake in Batavia after court documents stated the man last
1:51.8	scene with Paige Johnson was in that area hours after she was picked up from her Florence home.
1:59.1	Jacob Bumpas and tonight the Taylor Mill man is being held at the Kenton County Jail on a
2:03.6	probation violation prior to her disappearance. Bumpas posted a picture of him and 17-year-old Paige
2:10.2	Johnson on his Myspace page. Court documents state he's the last man to see Paige after she
2:16.6	disappeared on September 23rd. I honestly didn't see him as the type of do anything to Paige.
2:22.8	We've all been friends with him for a long time. He's from what I knew of hanging out with him.
2:29.2	He was a good guy. Paige was supposed to be dropped off at her sister's house around 1 a.m.
2:34.8	The teen who was a mother to a two-year-old daughter said her sister a cryptic message on Facebook
2:40.0	a half hour before. She faced me and she said, um, girl, I need to talk to you immediately.
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