Ashley Flowers

Now, Tina did sex work for a living, so the semen was good evidence, but not great.

Like, it could be argued away, and the blood wasn't a slam dunk either.

So they needed something to, like, really nail him.

And that's when they reexamined tape used to bind Tina, and they uncovered a never-before-seen print.

That was his.

So all of this played out over years.

You know this stuff doesn't happen fast.

So it wasn't until early 2010 that a Montgomery County grand jury issued an indictment charging Tommy Swint with Tina Ivory's murder.

Investigators believe they finally had their suspect, not just for Tina's 1991 homicide, but possibly for Nikki's too.

But by then, Tommy was living far away from the Midwest.

He was down in Phoenix City, Alabama.

Now, he had been questioned about Tina over the years as they were like doing all that testing.

So when law enforcement from Alabama came knocking on February 3rd to arrest him, he must have known why they were there.

And before they could make it inside, a gunshot rang out.

Tommy had taken his own life.

He left no confession, no explanation, no answers about Tina or about Nikki.

But for many people, his actions said more than enough.

And that moment became the unofficial end of Nikki's story.

The obsessed co-worker with the violent past no one knew about had finally been exposed.

End episode, roll credits.