Alma Police Division Morgan Nick: Lifeless inmate recognized as suspect in 1995 disappearance of 6-year-old in Arkansas

ALMA, Ark. — An Arkansas man who died in jail greater than 20 years in the past has been recognized as a suspect within the disappearance of 6-year-old woman who went lacking in 1995.

Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on Tuesday mentioned police have recognized Billy Jack Lincks as a suspect within the abduction of Morgan Nick, who was final seen chasing fireflies with buddies at a Little League ballpark.

“As of right now, for the primary time I am conscious of, I am calling Billy Jack Lincks a suspect in her abduction,” Pointer mentioned at a information convention with Morgan’s household.

Lincks died in jail in 2000 and had been arrested for making an attempt to abduct a woman months after Morgan went lacking. He was recognized by the FBI as an individual of curiosity in Morgan’s disappearance in 2021.

Pointer mentioned hair that was found in a truck owned by Lincks was that of Colleen Nick, Morgan’s mom, one in every of Colleen Nick’s siblings, or one in every of her youngsters.

Observe-up interviews of members of the Nick household revealed that none of them knew Billy Jack Lincks and that none of them had ever been in his truck, Pointer mentioned.

Arkansas’ lacking baby alert system is known as for Morgan. Her disappearance was featured in a Hulu documentary collection in 2023.

Colleen Nick, who began a basis to assist the households of different lacking youngsters, mentioned Lincks “stole” Morgan from her and the remainder of the Nick household.

“However he did not see he may by no means win as a result of our love for Morgan, her reminiscence and her voice, outlasted his life,” Nick mentioned, standing close to a photograph of her daughter. “And that love continues to shine. Her coronary heart, Morgan’s coronary heart, shines on.”