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In the winter of 1974, a young man named Edward 'Ed' Leroy Nichols vanished from the woods of northern Kentucky, leaving behind a mystery that would haunt his family and investigators for decades. On the morning of December 3rd, the 22-year-old left his parents' home in Florence to go deer hunting with a friend, David Stites. After stopping at a store for hunting socks, the pair headed to a wooded area known as Shady Nook Bottoms, near the Boone and Gallatin County line. According to Stites, he ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 03, 1974

Victim Details

Mar 15, 2011

Apr 20, 2020

Edward

Nichols

72

22

72 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Dec 03, 1974

Union

Kentucky

Boone County

No

30943

Kentucky State Police

Dry Ridge

Kentucky

Grant County

41035

4265 Dixie Highway, Kentucky

8594281212

State

Law Enforcement

6C750015

1975-01-03

Kentucky State Police

Brown

Brown

Brown

05/30/2026


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