Ashley Flowers

And she told Redmond that Tommy was closely watching the local Richmond newspaper and

And he was paying close attention to a high school news story about something that happened at the school near Darlene's house, which led her to believe that maybe Nikki's body is somewhere near Williams's address or Meadows of Catalpa, the apartment complex.

Now, according to the case report, Darlene's property isn't searched until 2022, more than 20 years after Nikki disappeared.

Darlene consents to the search, and investigators bring in cadaver dogs trained to detect decades-old remains.

Based on canine results, they dig beneath a flower bed in her backyard.

Nothing's found.

Later, ground-penetrating radar does flag underground inconsistencies.

The dogs are run again.

Investigators dig again, this time focusing on a spot where this, like, plastic flower pot had been sitting.

Still, nothing.

No remains, no physical evidence found.

But there was another canine indication of remains in the area behind Darlene's property, an area with dense underbrush and woods.

It's like this expansive lot that Darlene does not own immediately adjacent to, here we go again, Meadows of Catalpa.

Yes, this area that has been tied to this case for decades.

And according to the report, an area that an investigator specifically noted warranted further searching based on this canine alert.

Now, again, police haven't responded to our request for comment as of this recording.

So I can't tell you if that search has ever been done.

The last thing it seems Detective Redmond ever wrote in his portion of the narrative was this single haunting line.

This case has been suspended until further information surfaces.

It leaves this awful question mark hanging in the air for Nikki and for her loved ones.