Hair Found in Truck Helps Police Identify Suspect in 1995 Disappearance of 6-Year-Old Girl

Colleen Nick speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Alma Police Department on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Alma, Ark., about the 1995 kidnapping of her daughter Morgan Nick. Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP

ALMA, Ark.—Hair found in a truck once owned by an Arkansas man who died in prison more than two decades ago was the clue investigators needed to connect the dead inmate to the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995.

Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on Tuesday announced that police have identified Billy Jack Lincks as a suspect in the abduction of Morgan Nick, who was last seen chasing fireflies with friends at a Little League ballpark in Alma, about 120 miles northwest of Little Rock.