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“It’s a tragedy that it’s taken 50 years to identify one suspect,” he said. Dry Fork Trail, Flume Trail (lowland riparian forest) Utah Birding Trails Directions: Go west on 500 North Street (UT 121) in Vernal to 3500 West Street and turn north. In his statement, Labrum asked that anyone with information contact the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office as soon as possible. eBird Data: Hwy 191 - Aspen Nature Trail Hwy 191 - Little Bush Creek. “The woman who was sexually assaulted that night deserves answers.” “Greg’s family deserves answers,” he said. Comparing evidence taken from the crime scene with that of Bell’s two adult children, the investigators found a match.īut the identity of the other man is still unknown, and the investigation remains open and ongoing, according to Uintah County Sheriff Steve Labrum. After reopening Nickell’s murder case in 2020, Bell popped up as a possible forensic match, and detectives were able to track down his family.

He’d settled down in Yakima, Washington after being convicted of a 1988 rape in Oregon, according to a release from the Uintah County Sheriff’s Department. Hours later, they pulled over, dumping her out on the side of the highway.īell died in 2019, having long ago moved out of Utah, where he’d worked as a ranch hand south of Vernal around 1972. Forcing the girl into the second car, the men took turns driving and sexually assaulting her. Personal details about Marva include: political affiliation is unknown ethnicity is African American and religious views are listed as Christian. Other names that Marva uses includes Marva W Lent. Funeral Home Services for Marva are being provided by Blackburn Vernal Mortuary - Vernal. The pair, apparently referring to each other as “Tex” and “Johnny,” ferried her out into a remote corner of the desert, where they doused Nickell’s car in gasoline and set it ablaze. Marva Lent is 94 years old today because Marva's birthday is on. Marva Bell passed away on Jin Vernal, Utah. It was then, the 18-year-old girl later told police, that she realized her abductor had a partner. He drove them out west until a second vehicle pulled up behind them, flashing its lights. The gunman climbed into the car, shoving Nickell’s body onto the terrified student. Then he pulled out a gun and shot the 21-year-old man three times. The stranger told Nickell there’d been an accident, and he needed help. The pair drove to the top of a scenic overlook not far from Vernal, Utah, where a man walked up to their car and rapped on the window.

Army, Greg Dahl Nickell took his sister’s college roommate out on a date. A month after being honorably discharged from the U.S.
