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do want to begin this hour though with a 48 Hours report on a determined young woman who has been hoping to bring her
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mother's killer to justice for more than 15 years Nikki Meers Bates was just 7 years old in 2006 when her mother
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disappeared now 24 Bates is still searching for answers she's also searching for accountability for her
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mom's killer William Greer Peter Van's a traveled to Houston to report on this complicated
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case on cold damp morning in February 2024 this is Tammy's daughter hi Nikki Meers Bates was out searching for her
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mother Tammy Meyers with the help of the nonprofit search and Recovery organization Texas equa search can you
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have all the volunteers out here I don't know any of them and they have made me feel so loved investigators believe that
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Nikki's mother Tammy was killed and buried somewhere in these Woods in Cleveland Texas that opening be
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it back on December 19th 2006 just days before Christmas Nikki's mother disappeared how old were you when your
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mother disappeared I was only 7 years old it was just like a heavyweight Nikki's parents were separated at the
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time and her mother was living with a man named William Greer we actually really liked him until you know we
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realized that our mom wasn't happy not not long after Nikki's mother Tammy went missing so did Greer Nikki and her
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family would later learn that before Greer took off he had been arrested and confessed to killing Tammy gun just went
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off Greer's confession was recorded on dash cam video oh my God it's the worst thing I ever did
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was but without evidence of a murder Greer was charged with public intoxication and released on bomb it
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would take over a decade and the US Marshall service to hunt him down we will never stop we ask you pray for the
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family for Nicki Justice also means finding her mother's remains and giving her a proper burial ready I'm just
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trying to stay hopeful for myself but also for my children and you know just keep looking cuz I don't want to give
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up and you can watch Peter vanzant's Report the day my mother vanished on 40 hours tomorrow night at 109 Central
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right here on CBS and streaming on Paramount Plus