"The kidnapper followed the second vehicle and the woman said she realized he had a partner," according to the sheriff's office. 40, a second vehicle soon pulled behind them and flashed its headlights. –Lynnette Nickell RayĪs they were driving along U.S. I was told back in 1972 the reason it was not solved is because police can't find anybody who would have a motive. He was very busy with it." She said he had a Texas accent and a "very filthy mouth." The woman said the "trigger man" continually played with what she described as his "cowboy-type" gun. The first thing he said was he asked me if he looked like the type of man who could rape a 13-year-old girl," the woman recalled.Īs the man was driving, he continued to point his gun at the woman. Nickell was shot at least three times followed by the gunman getting into the car and pushing Nickell onto the woman in the passenger seat, according to the sheriff's office. Greg lay back on the seat and he continued shooting." "On the first shot, Greg fell in the seat, but then he sat up. "Greg said, 'Sure,' and started to roll the window up, then he began shooting," his date recalled in court in 1992. The man claimed he had been in a crash and asked for a ride back into Vernal, according to the sheriff's office. The two had parked their vehicle at a scenic overlook when someone knocked on the car window. Army - was on a date with an 18-year-old woman. 26, 1972, Nickell - who had recently come home from the U.S. During their investigation, detectives learned that Bell died in 2019 at the age of 88 of unknown causes.Įarly on the morning of Nov. There will be no trial for Bell, however. "My first thought is, 'It's about darn time,'" Lynnette Nickell Ray, Greg Nickell's sister, told KSL.com Wednesday when asked what her reaction was upon hearing the news. The announcement comes just a few days before the 50th anniversary of the death of Nickell, who was killed during Thanksgiving weekend in 1972. Through "extensive DNA testing," investigators say they now believe Daniel Arthur Bell, who used to live in the Uintah Basin, was one of two men who shot and killed 21-year-old Gregory Dahl Nickell, set his car on fire with his body still inside, and then kidnapped Nickell's date and held her hostage for several hours while raping her. VERNAL - Detectives have partially solved a nearly half-century-old cold case killing of an Army veteran, the Uintah County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.
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