OCTOBER 5, 2023: “He found out his best friend was a murder suspect — and then wore a wire for the FBI“
OCTOBER 11, 2020: Police arrested Brodey Ian Murbarger, 24, on October 7, 2020, for the murder of Megan Nichols.
FEBRUARY 4, 2018: The body of Megan Nichols was found on December 26, 2017, and later identified as belonging to Megan Nichols. May she finally rest in peace. 🙁
On July 3, 2014, 15-year-old Megan Nichols vanished from her Fairfield, Illinois home and has not been seen since. Her mother, Kathy Jo Hutchcraft, last saw her daughter around 10:30 p.m. at their home, which Megan also shared with her step-dad, Jerod Hutchcraft. At 11:15 p.m., Kathy headed to bed and decided to walk into Megan’s room and give her a kiss goodnight.
Megan wasn’t there.
Kathy reported her daughter missing at 1:00 a.m. on July 4, 2014.
Kathy later found a note from Megan saying she would never be happy at home and that she had to leave. She also instructed her family not to look for her. In addition to the note, Megan’s cell phone was still at home and wiped clean.
Police collected surveillance videos from local businesses and discovered Megan had withdrawn money from a local bank while on her bicycle before her disappearance. This led authorities to believe Megan ran away from home initially. However, Kathy insists Megan was happy at home and would not do something like that.
Early in the investigation, police believed Megan might have gone to Oklahoma to meet her biological father, Jackson Nichols. However, after interviewing him, they do not believe he knows of Megan’s whereabouts.
Police Agency:
Fairfield Police Department
618-842-2151
Case #: 0704201401232
or
the NCMEC at 1-800-The-Lost
NCMEC Case # 1234891