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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 ...
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Last Seen: Dec 03, 1974

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  • Edward Leroy Nichols - The Charley Project
  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP9714
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