A Girl, 6, Was Brazenly Abducted from a Little League Game. Her Family Waited 30 Years for Suspect's Arrest

Mar. 15, 2025

Morgan Nick.Photo:FBI

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A 6-year-old girl was at a little league baseball game when she left her mother’s side to go and catch fireflies with her friends. It was the last time she was ever seen.

“I went over to the car, looked around the outside of the car, opened the doors, looked inside the car, thinking she had gotten in,” Colleen Nick toldUnsolved Mysteries.“Even at one point, looked under the car, just thinking she has to be here somewhere. Within a couple of minutes, all of the people and most of the cars were gone and it was very clear that Morgan wasn’t there.”

The case generated a lot of attention in Arkansas, generating thousands of leads. But after several years, the case went cold and remained unsolved.

“It’s the worst terror that any parent can ever feel,” Colleen said, according toUnsolved Mysteries.“There’s such a sense of it not being real, somehow. It does not seem possible that your child could be missing, that someone could have taken your child.”

But after nearly three decades, police finally announced that there had been a break in the case.

Billy Jack Lincks had been questioned two months after Morgan’s disappearance, KARK reported, citing police. At the time, he was being investigated in the attempted kidnapping of another girl weeks after Morgan’s.

Billy Jack Lincks.FBI

The case of Morgan’s disappearance was reopened in 2020. 5 News reported police had searched a truck that had belonged to Lincks after finding its current owner. The search bore fruit.

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The findings led police to announce that they were officially naming Lincks a suspect in Morgan’s disappearance.

“An army of supporters, advocates and heroes have rallied to uncover the truth about her disappearance,” Colleen Nick said at a press conference, according to KARK. “Morgan’s heart shines on.”

source: people.com