Brian Fitzgibbons

Within a couple of miles of where Nikki was last seen and within 60 minutes of

her vehicle was found burning, okay?

So that tells us that this crime took place in haste.

This person either found her, she was a target of opportunity, or the person knew Nikki's travel path, where she would be that day.

Yeah, exactly.

So, you know, we have to understand that in this extremely rural area, there's only going to be so many people who live there or frequent that area who would also have the chance to encounter Nikki in her travels.

So that limits the size and scope of the investigation right away.

And that's certainly one front that investigators will be looking at.

Who was there?

Who knew she was there?

Who's there every day?

The second group is certainly a bigger group that could potentially have known about Nikki's pattern of life, where she goes to work, when she's going to be there, and that this opportunity was geographic in nature, given that there's not many prying eyes, not many people walking around by standards of weight.

Well, that would be a pretty straightforward hypothesis to rule out, right?

We would check financial information, things in her romantic life, if there were issues there.

And investigators have undoubtedly done that, right?

What we do know is that within 60 minutes of Nikki being last seen at her place of employment, her vehicle was found on fire.

right?

So that speaks to us that whatever went down, went down in that location for a reason.

What do you mean by that, Brian?

What I'm speaking to is the motive behind this, right?