In an interview with a Kelso Police detective, Segura told investigators he stabbed Donald Sahota at least three times in the torso and that when Sahota contacted him in the driveway, he had a gun and identified himself as a police officer. Kirkland Warren is charged with aggravated murder in deaths of Melendez, daughter Layla. Click to reveal Case Number 2021-018161, Contact:Detective Dustin Goudschaal, 360 487-7436; dustin.goudschaal@cityofvancouver.us. Deputies then responded to the scene. She just got out of the car and I took off. So, on October 2, Bogdanov voluntarily met with Detective David Jensen of the Vancouver Police Department. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. DAVID BOGDANOV: I grab that cable and put it around her and pull her back like that and hold her hold her from going forward, to the gun. Lisa Woods: I just got this for my birthday from my son, Alex And he made it to put Nikki's ashes in . Date of Birth: 6/6/1983 DAVID BOGDANOV: There was a little bit of both. Woods says there were many attempts to get Nikki into rehab to help her kick drugs for good, but nothing seemed to stick. Jamie Yuccas: Did you think, "OK, you know, we're on a different path now?". Bogdanov said that's when he drove Nikki's body to Larch Mountain. She was just Nikki. In late September, nearly four months after Nikki went missing, investigators finally heard from David Bogdanov. Case Number: 110000-65 & V04-16683 New court documents detail a chaotic scene the night off-duty Vancouver Officer Donald Sahota was shot and killed outside of his house. I want her death to mean something to someone who may contemplate hurting another transgender person. Bogdanov said Nikki asked him to join her in the back seat. Clark County prosecutor Colin Hayes says her social media messages provided investigators with their first clue about who Nikki was seeing that night. Details: On February 6, 2009, at about 7:14 PM, DonnaPlewand TimothyAliothwere shot and killed in the driveway of Donna Plews home which was located at 7016 Indiana Lane Vancouver as they were exiting Timothy Alioths truck. He was found guilty of her murder and malicious harassment, a hate crime. Kristen Arnaud: That was the last time she was seen alive by anyone else. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Kristen Arnaud: So, detectives are looking to talk to him within a couple of weeks of Nikki going missing. DAVID BOGDANOV: [Sits in stunned silence.]. "I remember there were flyers everywhere. Your chance of being a victim of violent crime in Vancouver is 1 in 173 and property crime is 1 in 21. . VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) The Vancouver Police Department says the ex-boyfriend of a Vancouver woman has been charged with her and her daughters death. It was Nikki Kuhnhausen, and it was murder. Contact:Detective Zachary Ripp;zachary.ripp@cityofvancouver.us; 3602-487-7391, Contact:Detective Brian Billingsley;brian.billingsley@cityofvancouver.us; 360-487-7425. April 20, 2006. She said when Segura forced his way inside the home, the door struck her and injured her forehead. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 27, 2023 at 10:31 AM PDT. Photo: And that's what he deserves. Contact: Corporal Neil Martin;360 487-7423;neil.martin@cityofvancouver.us. Yeah. Defense attorney Matthew Hoff strongly disagreed. Linden Walls: Lisa was so driven to see justice and to do right for her child. The manner of death was determined to be Homicide. Anthony Batson is the senior broadcast producer. Jamie Yuccas: So, she always knew who she was. Before he did, he wedged the gun he carried between the driver's seat and center console. DAVID BOGDANOV: I offered her my jacket 'cause it was really cold outside. Most accurate 2021 crime rates for Vancouver, WA. A search warrant affidavit, signed April 19, states a search of Tyler-Warrens car revealed a .22 caliber handgun in the center console. He pleaded not guilty to the charges April 17, and his trial is scheduled for June 12. Police talked to Nikki's roommates and learned the last time they'd seen her was the day she vanished. Bogdanov says that's when Nikki told him she was transgender. And she'd be hard to get ahold of sometimes. But the unsettling discovery of a human skull on December 7, 2019 brought a swarm of local authorities to thickly wooded Larch Mountain, including Detective Joe Swenson from the Clark County Sheriff's Office. Tyler-Warrens credentials were also used Oct. 14 to alter the information on another account so that $4,500 was transferred to an account under a different name, the affidavit states. Vancouver police closed the investigation Wednesday into the April 16 disappearance of a 17-year-old Vancouver girl, saying no one was charged and there is no risk to the public. She just wouldn't wake up. Read story, April 28, 2023, 11:04am DAVID BOGDANOV: That transitioned to us making out. Vancouver Police Department. You have a 1 in 210.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vancouver each year. Mr. Alioth had been living at his sisters home at the time of the double-murder. Age at Time of Homicide: 27 69.64.67.88 Details:On February 26, 2018, at approximately 12:16 a.m., Vancouver Police responded to the 2800 block of Southeast Columbia Way for the report of a male on the ground in a parking lot of a business complex. Nikki was heading out the door to meet a man she'd met just hours before. The caller reported there appeared to be two life-sized mannequins just off the road, down an embankment. 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On December 17, 2019, Vancouver Police Detective David Jensen once again questioned the last known person to see Nikki alive: David Bogdanov. Joe Swenson: There were more bone jewelry. The friend said that both Warren and Melendez left the apartment at one point, and that at around 8 p.m., Warren came back to the friends apartment, and the acquaintance spotted Melendez unconscious and only half-dressed in the passenger seat of Warren's car, The Columbian reported, citing court records. Kirkland C. Warren, 27, of Vancouver makes a first appearance Monday, April 3, 2023, in Clark County . Deputies shared information that the suspect had likely run away from the scene after the crash. There's drugs in the car. Spillman's. When he came out, he said he heard police officers say, Wait, is that the suspect, or is that the suspect?. Six months after she disappeared, Kuhnhausen's body was discovered by a hiker on Larch Mountain. Above National Average. But who was he? And so, it was a good confirmation initially to be able to say, yeah, we're pretty sure this is Nikki. For months, Nikki continued to struggle. Joe Swenson: And actually found a lot of images of her wearing the exact items that we had found up here. Lisa Woods: She wanted to be Nicki Minaj's hair and makeup artist. She was murdered while working in a McDonald's restaurant, by David Barton Sullivan, a schizophrenic twice-convicted sex offender. Underneath the dense canopy of trees, the remnants of a human life had been scattered by animals down a steep ravine. Bogdanov said he placed the phone cord around Nikki's arms and chest during their struggle, but as he pulled, the cord slipped up to her neck. Though many had hoped Nikki Kuhnhausen would come home safe, Nikki's mother Lisa Woods told "48 Hours" she had a feeling something bad had happened to her daughter. He testified that he panicked after realizing she was dead and dumped her body at Larch Mountain. Last Known Location: 12007 NE 40th Circle, Vancouver, WA Woods says Nikki told her she was shot during a dispute over drugs. Lisa Woods: It missed every major artery in her neck, inner thigh, twice in the stomach, in her leg and the back of her calf. Family and friends of a Camas woman had discussed her erratic behavior weeks before she was accused of fatally shooting her husband, court records show. Details: Childs mother awakens to find Infant Ashley Gallagher deceased in the family residence. One of the responding law enforcement officers was Deputy Jonathan Feller from the Clark County Sheriffs Office. The Vancouver Police Department . That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide. Details: In March 2005, Taalids body was found underneath an I-5 overpass. While appearing in court on March 3 for allegedly shooting atMelendezs apartment in December, he was ordered to stay away from Melendez, the newspaper reports. The mother, 27-year-old Meshay. Kristen Arnaud: He said he was going to help her find her phone because her phone was missing. I prayed for God to have his hands in it. At the scene, he believed he saw a man who matched the robbery suspects description pick up a handgun, look directly at him, then turn and run toward the house where he tried to force his way inside. Woods says they talked daily before work. He was in the US Army, serving as a Spec. He says he walked over to her to check to see if she was OK. Kuhnhausen's cause of death is unknown at this time. Violent Crimes / 100k People. DAVID JENSEN: Sounded like you said, you were going to go to your job site. HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Nikki Kuhnhausen, a transgender girl who was killed in Vancouver, Washington. Yakov German worked in construction. On Tuesday, new court documents stated Segura is now facing the following charges: three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, one count of first-degree attempted kidnapping, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of first-degree robbery, one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and one count of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. After combing the rugged terrain for two days, detectives suspected someone had been murdered. It was really overwhelming to see how much love that the trans community had coming together for my daughter. Details: In 1994, Misty was a missing juvenile from Vancouver, Washington and her body was found in the Columbia River the same year of her disappearance. The manner of her death was Homicide. Clark County News But in high school, things would begin to change. And that I likely would not have been in this situation if I hadn't been drinking And I just wanted to get away. He was murdered in Vancouver, Washington and dismembered. I believe that with all my heart. Just how dangerous Nikki's addiction was became apparent to Woods in 2018. An autopsy performed by the Clark County Medical Examiners Office determined Sahota died from gunshot wounds of the torso and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, according to authorities on Feb. 1. Det. "This is a narrative and a story that plays out all the time," says Devon Davis Williamson, a transgender activist and co-founder of the Justice for Nikki Task Force. Police believe a handgun fell to the ground during the fight and in the video from the plane, they could see one person swinging his arm into the other before one person got up and ran into the Sahotas home, closing the door behind them. Linden Walls: And also bring attention to some of the things that the trans community is burdened with Part of their burden, says Walls, is living with fear fear of being misunderstood, fear of being attacked. 5, missile crew service gunner, in Vietnam. Nikki began life as Nikolas. Lisa Woods: And that's where I met Devon. 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Soon after, investigators say Dawnese Sahota, Officer Donald Sahotas wife, called 911 saying a stranger was at her door. ERIN MCALEER: Where was she touching you? Kristen Arnaud: The fact that he had multiple different stories that he had had at least two opportunities to give this explanation to detectives and hadn't, the fact that he dumped the body, the fact that he ran from the country, all things kind of point to a guilty conscience and not someone who thinks that their actions are justified.