Ashley Flowers

So someone had gone through the car, but they didn't take everything.

Left behind in the backseat was a laundry basket with folded clothes.

And this changed so much.

Nikki's family first thought something may have happened to her at the laundromat or like right as she was leaving or coming or going, whatever.

But this made it seem like maybe she had, you know, finished up there completely, made it to wherever she was going on her own.

But where that was, Lord only knows.

I mean, at least police had a starting point before this.

Now, all of Richmond and Dayton and everywhere in between were in the mix.

However, the complex where this vehicle was found had to mean something.

I mean, first of all, the driver's seat was positioned in a way that fit Nikki's petite frame.

So they're thinking, you know, she may have actually driven the car here herself.

But more importantly, she knew not just this general area well.

But this specific complex, she used to live there and her ex, Stephen Johnston, still lived there when the car was found.

There was no way that this was a coincidence.

So Richmond police went straight to Stephen, who admitted his relationship with Nikki back in the day had been rocky.

But he swore he had no idea where she was or what happened to her and that the first time he'd even seen the GMC there was on the news.

Well, I mean, it is possible that the car wasn't there the whole time or where it was wasn't in an area that like he or everyone passed regularly.

I mean, this was a big complex.

And yes, it's a little weird that he didn't see it because like I did get a glimpse of some of the footage from Richmond police, like their evidence footage that was put on an episode of Disappeared on Investigation Discovery.

And the car is like not hidden by any means.