In the life of a teenage girl, her Movement of how the disappearance affected.
Nikki Kuhnhausenwent missing in June 2019. "I miss her every day," said her mother, Lisa Woods.
"Lively friends"
Nikki A friend of Kuhnhausen describes her as cheerful, compassionate and energetic. "She was a good friend," said Ariel Fox, depicted on the left with Kuhnhausen.
Proud of who she is
Nikki Kuhnhauser is transgender, and her mother, Lisa Woods, says she has never struggled with her identity. From an early age, "Nikki was Nikki," she said, "48 hours."
Big Dream
Nicki Minaj Makeup Then I aimed to become a stylist for her idol, Nicki Minaj.
Search for Nikki
Friends, family and volunteers have posted missing leaflets around Vancouver, Oregon and Portland.
TikTok Star
In In June 2019, Nikki Kuhnhausen, then 17 years old, was seen last alive in Vancouver, Washington.
Snapchat Rendezvous
A friend of Nikki Kuhnhausen says he left the apartment early in the morning of June 6, 2019 to meet the person who sent the message on Snapchat. She never came back.
Mother's intuition
Many people Nikki's mother, Lisa Woods, who wanted Nikki Kuhnhausen to return home safely, said she felt something wrong with her daughter, "48 hours."
Losing Hope
Activist Devon Davis Williamson was worried about her safety after Nikki Kuhnhausen disappeared. "When transgender people go missing, they usually find themselves dead," she said.
Big dream
Nikki Kuhnhausen is Nikki I often posted TikToks lip-sync to the music of Minage, who loved her, and to her popular songs.
Suspect
Detective It turns out that the last person Nikki Kuhnhausen saw was this man, David Bogdanov. He said he told Nikki to get out of his car when she discovered she was transgender. He claimed that she had left her, and he never saw her again.
Unexpected Discovery
2019 Searches were stagnant until December 2014, when hikers found them on a remote road on Mount Larch. It is a human body.
Evidence Found
Along with some other items found including these rings. Investigators matched the rings with images on social media and determined that they belonged to Nikki Kuhnhausen.
Nikki's jacket
This The one found on Mount Jacket was also determined to belong to Nikki Kuhnhausen.
Murder Weapons
Investigator I found this code with a hair extension stuck in the knot next to the wreckage. The coroner determined that the cause of death was strangulation.
Mobile Phone Evidence
I spoke again with police David Bogdanov, but this time on the morning of Nikki Kuhnhauser's disappearance, he faced Cell Tower Records, which placed his cell phone on Mount Larch. He was arrested and charged with her murder.
Hate crime.
"She was killed because she was transgender," said Nikki's mother. Lisa Woods said at a press conference. meeting. David Bogdanov was charged with a second murder and malicious harassment on a hate crime in Washington. He pleaded not guilty.
Movement
The Nikki Kuhnhausen case urged local activists to ban so-called transpanic defense, where defendants use the victim's gender identity as an excuse for violence. The resulting law, called "Nikki's Law," was passed with widespread support in Washington State.
Life and death situation
August At the trial of David Bogdanov, he took a position and stated that he had killed Nikki Kuhnhausen for self-defense. He was afraid of his life, claiming she reached out to his gun when he rejected her as her transgender.
Verdict
Judge David Bogdanov was found guilty of a second murder and malicious harassment and a hate crime in Washington.
Nikki's Life
Nikki Kuhnhausen's friends and family hope she will be memorable with her cheerful personality and self-confidence.
Good memories
"She I want you to remember it as Nikki, "said my friend Taylor Watts. "She is affectionate, compassionate, sweet, happy, funny ... she will make you all laugh."
