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This big clue got missed for months from July 22nd all the way to November 3rd, 2001. That is when someone just happened
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to stumble upon this vital clue that had just been sitting there casually as if it had been waiting to be found all
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along. The GMC was parked at the Meadows of Catalpa Apartments, roughly 45 minutes from Richmond. Now, the reason
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the vehicle gets spotted is that one of the doors was left open, which catches the eye of a Montgomery County Sheriff's
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deputy. He eventually runs the plates and sees that the car was flagged for a missing person's case. So, when Richmond
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PD gets notified and gets out there, they note that the door lock was damaged, the ignition had been tampered
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with, and the stereo was missing. So, someone had gone through the car, but they didn't take everything. Left behind
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in the back seat was a laundry basket with folded clothes. And this changed so much. However, the complex where this
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vehicle was found had to mean something. I mean, first of all, the driver's seat
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was positioned in a way that fit Nikki's petite frame. So, they're thinking, you
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know, she may have actually driven the car here herself. But more importantly, she knew not just this general area
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well, but this specific complex. She used to live there, and her [music] ex, Steven Johnston, still lived there when
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the car was found. There was no way that this was a coincidence.