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Colleen Nick speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Alma Police Department on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Alma, Ark., about the 1995 kidnapping of her daughter Morgan Nick. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Hair found in truck helps police identify suspect in 1995 disappearance of Morgan Nick, 6

An Arkansas man who died in prison decades ago has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995

By ANDREW DEMILLO
Published - Oct 01, 2024, 03:43 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:44 PM EST

ALMA, Ark. (AP) — Hair found in a truck once owned by an Arkansas man who died in prison more than two decades ago was the clue investigators needed to connect the dead inmate to the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995.

Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on Tuesday announced that police have identified Billy Jack Lincks as a suspect in the abduction of Morgan Nick, who was last seen chasing fireflies with friends at a Little League ballpark in Alma, about 120 miles (193 km) northwest of Little Rock.

“As of today, for the first time I’m aware of, I’m calling Billy Jack Lincks a suspect in her abduction,” Pointer said at a news conference with Morgan's family.

Lincks died in prison in 2000 and had been arrested for attempting to abduct a girl months after Morgan went missing. He was identified by the FBI in 2021 as a person of interest in Morgan's disappearance.

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