Nikki Kuhnhausen case: Murdered teen had dreams of working with her idol Nicki Minaj
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From the moment 17-year-old Nikki Kuhnhausen went missing from Vancouver, Washington, in June of 2019, her mother feared the worst.
"I knew something had happened," said Nikki's mother, Lisa Woods. Typically, she and Nikki spoke daily, but Nikki had stopped responding. "She would never do this to me. I just knew that she was being held against her will or worse."
Her fears would prove to be well-founded. Nikki's remains were found six months after her disappearance by a hiker on a nearby mountain.
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