From www.lex18.com about Nicole
Posted: Sep 4, 2009 2:10 PM
Updated: Sep 4, 2009 2:38 PM
Investigators say the findings will make their job harder. It’s an update on the Menifee County mother whose remains were found scattered in the Red River Gorge.
It's been difficult, to say the least, for the family of 27-year old Nicole Penix-Vanzant. Now, news from the state medical examiner's office that they have not been able to determine how she died makes it even harder for investigators to find answers to those questions family members have had for months.
While Nicole's parents had hoped and prayed for months that they'd find their daughter, they knew in their hearts she was gone.
Kentucky State Police investigators say finding closure for the family is a goal of their’s as well. But recent findings by the state medical examiner make that even harder to do. Detectives tell LEX 18 that forensic anthropologist Dr. Emily Craig was unable to determine how the Menifee County woman died.
A hiker in the Red River Gorge found some of Penix-Vanzant's bones nearly three months after family members last saw her. Relatives have told LEX 18, while they don't know how Nicole died, they have have no doubt she was murdered.
In a June interview, her uncle, Dan Richardson, said, “I hope [the killer] rots. I hope they catch him soon before he does this to another child."
KSP detectives are not sayingwho they consider to be suspects at this point. But they do say they are working on the investigation every day.
Posted: Sep 4, 2009 2:10 PM
Updated: Sep 4, 2009 2:38 PM
Investigators say the findings will make their job harder. It’s an update on the Menifee County mother whose remains were found scattered in the Red River Gorge.
It's been difficult, to say the least, for the family of 27-year old Nicole Penix-Vanzant. Now, news from the state medical examiner's office that they have not been able to determine how she died makes it even harder for investigators to find answers to those questions family members have had for months.
While Nicole's parents had hoped and prayed for months that they'd find their daughter, they knew in their hearts she was gone.
Kentucky State Police investigators say finding closure for the family is a goal of their’s as well. But recent findings by the state medical examiner make that even harder to do. Detectives tell LEX 18 that forensic anthropologist Dr. Emily Craig was unable to determine how the Menifee County woman died.
A hiker in the Red River Gorge found some of Penix-Vanzant's bones nearly three months after family members last saw her. Relatives have told LEX 18, while they don't know how Nicole died, they have have no doubt she was murdered.
In a June interview, her uncle, Dan Richardson, said, “I hope [the killer] rots. I hope they catch him soon before he does this to another child."
KSP detectives are not sayingwho they consider to be suspects at this point. But they do say they are working on the investigation every day.
