I confess my ignorance. Who is David M.? A PI?
Yes. He is a private investigator from North Carolina. Here is one of the cases he has worked on that I know of:
Posted May 17, 2014 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 17, 2014 at 12:02 AM
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As the weeks turned into months, Nick Holbert remained the No. 1 suspect in
Kelli [Bordeaux’s] disappearance, but police were not able to charge him.
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Kelli's family had no choice but to watch and seethe inside.
‘It was extremely frustrating because for us, we can't force him to talk,’ [Kelli's sister, Olivia] Cox said. ‘We can't force you to confess even though everything is pointing to you.’
Neither [the lead investigator on the case, Detective Jeff] Locklear nor Kelli's family knew that David Marshburn was conducting his own secret investigation with the help of his assistant, Marsha Ward.
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‘How did you begin your relationship with Nick?’ [‘48 Hours’ correspondent Troy] Roberts asked.
‘It was a little leery,’ Marshburn replied. ‘I said, 'Hey, Nick. How're you doing? I'm David Marshburn. I'm a private investigator and I'm trying to find Kelly Bordeaux.' ...I said, 'Will you talk to me?' He said, 'Yes.’’
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As time wore on and Holbert began trusting Marshburn, the private eye documented the time they spent together with photos and a few months into his unofficial investigation, Marshburn finally told the police what he was up to.
‘Well, they told me, 'Hey, we're not gonna tell you anything if you're talking to Nick - you -- you continue on,’ he explained. ‘They didn't want to put me in working with them because then it limits me, what I can do.’
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It was May 13, 2014, more than two years since Kelli Bordeaux had gone missing and Marshburn decided that, for Holbert, time was up.
‘So, I walk all the way over ... and I put my hand on his shoulder and said, ‘Did you do something to Kelli?’ And he said, 'Yes,'’ Marshburn said, standing at the campsite.
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‘I said, 'Is she on top of the ground? Below the ground?' He's like, 'Man, I can't remember,'’ Marshburn said. ‘So, I finally get my dog out and I have my dog go search. ...My dog kept alert. Something ain't right here.’
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‘The light was shinin' down. It was just in the middle of the woods right here,’ Marshburn pointed out. In the woods. ‘[his specially-trained cadaver dog] Kaz comes in. He lays on the spot. I say, 'Marsha. Go get the pry rod.'’
‘I push it in just a little bit and all of a sudden it sinks. It just goes oomph, straight. ... And I say a prayer. I said, 'Baby girl, you're going home. You're going home, baby girl.' And it was -- it was a good feeling," Marshburn said, moved to tears.
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‘I dug a little bit, found a little piece of jacket, took a picture of it, sent it to Locklear. Then I dug a little bit more, found a leg bone, took a picture of it, sent it to Locklear and ....”
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In the never-before-seen video, prime suspect Nick Holbert describes, in chilling detail, what happened the night Kelli Bordeaux vanished:
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Fifteen months have passed since Nicholas Holbert was arrested and charged with murdering Kelli Bordeaux and more than three years since she vanished in April 2012.
There will be no trial. Instead, a plea deal has been worked out:
Judge: Do you now personally plead guilty to first-degree kidnapping?
Nick Holbert: Yes, sir.
Judge: Do you now personally plead guilty to first-degree murder?
Nick Holbert: Yes, sir.
Holbert will spend the rest of his life in prion without any chance of parole.
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The Hunter: Searching for Kelli Bordeaux
And I knew there'd be some things to talk about here!
