Ashley Flowers

I never forgot her mom.

And I kept tabs on the case the whole time.

But not much had changed eight years later.

So I had this idea.

Back in 2017, this show was a lot different.

It's evolved so much over that time.

And maybe it's hard to notice unless you binge.

So I wanted to really show everyone how far we've come to thank you, our listeners, for showing up every week, for caring and for giving us the resources to grow.

And I want to show you how we put those resources to work.

Because what started out as me and Britt here just retelling a story that's already been told, like many true crime shows do, this is now a full-fledged investigative reporting operation with a team of people, a team of reporters to bring you never-before-heard details on cases that you thought you knew, like this one.

So little by little over the last year, me and the team have been digging into this case with fresh eyes.

And now I'm here to bring you the real story of Nikki McCown with never before released information that you aren't going to believe.

And I think at the end of this, you're going to realize that this case that once had an ending might not be as tightly wrapped up as we thought.

It's been almost 25 years since Nikki McCown went missing and over eight years since we first told her story.

So let me start by refreshing everyone on what we knew back then.

So on July 22nd, 2001, Nikki and her fiance Bobby Webster went to church with plans to wrap up their wedding invitations together later that day.

After the service, Nikki went back to the apartment that she shared with Bobby.

She changed into some casual clothes like a pink top and biker shorts, loaded up Bobby's GMC with dirty clothes, and then drove to the Richmond Coin Laundry on South E Street, something that had become kind of like a weekly ritual.

Now, just before 2 p.m., a witness saw Nikki inside the building, the laundromat.

Then, 15 minutes later, security footage captured her at the nearby Village Pantry convenience store getting changed.