Found Deceased NV - Alea Clark, 32, Silver Springs, 4 Jan 2015 *Arrest*

SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - A woman from Silver Springs has been missing since Sunday, January 4th, according to family members and friends desperate for her safe return. Alea Clark, 32, is blonde and about 5'10''. The Lyon County Sheriff's office says it took a missing person report on January 9th. A friend of Clark tells News 4 that it is unlike Clark to not contact her ailing father. The case is still under investigation.

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DAYTON, NV - The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into the disappearance of a woman from Pioneer, California, whose family and friends haven't seen her since early January. Detectives say Alea Clark was last reported seen in the Dayton area January 6, 2015. She has family and friends there. As part of this investigation, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant January 14 on a Dayton home in the 200 block of Grosh Avenue, but is not saying what was found. The investigation has involved the LCSO detective division, LCSO Patrol Division, LCSO Narcotics Division, Nevada Division of Investigations, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Investigation Section, the K-9 handler from the Wilderness Finders Search Dog Team (LCSO SAR), and K-9 handler from the California Office of Emergency Services, plus Lyon County Public Works.

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As the family of a missing Silver Springs woman continues to search for her, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone with information to contact authorities.

According to Hull, Clark left her father's house on Jan. 4 with a man named Ryan. She called her father that night to come meet up with them at a casino in Dayton. Her father did not go because he had an early morning appointment the next day, but that is the last her father heard from her.

Hull said when the police questioned Ryan, he said she left him on foot Jan. 7.

"Since her father had a heart attack a couple months ago, she has been in contact with him at least every other day," Hull said. "She has not been seen or heard from since."

Hull said Clark left her clothes, makeup and her dog at her father's house.

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The Lyon County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Nevada Division of Investigation, arrested Ryan Coddington and Toni Hardin for open murder in connection with the disappearance of Alea Clark...

On February 3rd, human remains were recovered from the Lake Lahontan State Park, which are believed to be those of Alea.

The murder investigation continues into more possible accomplices.

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Coddington and Hardin will be booked into the Lyon County Jail on open murder, ex-felon in possession of a firearm, and other narcotic related offenses.

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A third person, 40-year-old Patricia Baker of Silver Springs, has now also been charged with open murder, conspiracy to murder and destroying evidence...

No information regarding possible motive or circumstances has been released.

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Coddington, who is in the Lyon County Jail on open murder charges, and Melanie Patellaro, 46, have been charged with trying to arrange the murder of a principal witness in the case against Coddington...

Coddington remains in custody in the Lyon County jail on his no bail open murder charge and was administratively booked on June 16 for the charge of solicitation of murder. He also faces additional charges of battery on a peace officer and attempted escape by an inmate after an altercation in the jail on April 30 that injured two sheriff's deputies.

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Ryan Coddington pleaded not guilty of murder charges Monday in Third Judicial District Court, and his trial was scheduled for Aug. 16, 2016.

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A Silver Springs man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole by a Lyon County jury for the 2015 murder of Alea Clark, said Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye.

Ryan Joe Coddington, 37, from Silver Springs was found guilty of first degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon on Thursday. The penalty hearing was conducted on Friday and the jury returned a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, said Rye.

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A Silver Springs man, who was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of brutally murdering a woman with a hatchet, plans on filing an appeal for a new trial, according to one of his defense attorneys.

Coddington is scheduled on Oct. 24 for a sentencing hearing on a deadly weapon enhancement for using a hatchet or axe, Rye said. He faces an additional 20 years in prison.

Coddington's Reno attorney, Jesse Kalter, said Monday his client "will ask for a new trial through the (Nevada) Supreme Court."

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Patricia Baker of Silver Springs also was arrested and charged with destruction of evidence for allegedly helping burn Clark’s body. She also was charged with accessory to murder after the fact, Rye said.

Toni Hardin of Dayton was also charged with accessory to murder after the fact, Rye said. Both knew Clark and are facing pending sentencing hearings. It was not immediately known Monday when the sentencing hearing for Hardin and Baker will be scheduled.

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A fugitive wanted in connection with the 2015 killing of Alea Clark was found and arrested in Butte County, California, according to Nevada authorities.

Detective Mike Marty with the Nevada Department of Public Safety said in a statement that Toni Marie Hardin was taken into custody on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.

Hardin had a warrant for her arrest after authorities in Lyon County alleged she was involved in a murder-for-hire plot. She had been on the run since September, using several aliases and fake IDs to move through Nevada and California, Marty said.

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