we are agonizing for these last two years. he was panicked, that turned into torment. i was concerned, she was hurt somewhere. i felt so helpless. kelly was always there for others. she liked to help people who needed help. there are, for her friends, for her country, this was a good fit for, her the army? she wanted to be an officer. her personal life was a little more complicated. d. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn t. had a new boyfriend. she was pretty fun. she s easy to talk to. and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. did he ask kelli for her phone number? yes. when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. i said, i d like to see if i could solve this. he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli s life. it is like, dude, i can tell you re lying. but getting the truth wouldn t be easy. i had to get into his mind, see what he was about. what you were involved in was p
was estranged from her husband. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn t. had a new boyfriend. she was pretty fun. she s easy to talk to. and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. did he ask kelli for her phone number? yes. when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. i said, i d like to see if i could solve this. he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli s life. it is like, dude, i can tell you re lying. but getting the truth wouldn t be easy. i had to get into his mind, see what he was about. what you were involved in was psychological warfare. uh-huh. he knows where she s at. after a young soldier s mysterious disappearance, one man s personal battle to find her. do you think he s finally going to reveal to you? oh, i know he is. hello and welcome to dateline . kelli bordeaux was just starting what she hoped would be a long career in the military, but fate had other plans. on
knocked her out. hoblert said he took kelli to his camp site where she woke up and started screaming. and i hit her again and knocked her out again. and she was dead. hoblert said he then took kelli ds body deep into the woods and buried her. you okay with going back there, nick? i don t want to. hoblert was then taken downtown and arrested. this morning, detectives with the fayetteville homicide fayetteville police department homicide unit recovered what we believe to be private first class kelli bordeaux. by now, kelli ds family had gotten the news. he called me and he was like, hey, you need to come to mom s
yes, i am. facing the possibility of the death penalty, nick hoblert pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing kelli in exchange for a life sentence. i wanted my sister. i didn t want her body, i wanted her. so what happens to nicholas hoblert isn t going to change what he s done. whether he says he s sorry, whether it doesn t matter. for david marshburn, his remarkable work was done. case closed, justice served. kelli bordeaux was finally home. but he says solving her case left him with mixed emotions. once we got finished, we were depressed. it was a depression like you would not believe. because we went from two years, nonstop, kelli, kelli, kelli, kellie. do you think this case ever would have been solved without you? no. i don t think that nick would have ever told anyone unless they were his friend. but he did tell me. for the family of kelli
police rushed to the scene and soon detective josh locklear was interrogating hoblert on camera. where do you want me to start from? the very beginning? holbert told the whole horrible story. how he took kelli to the bar and they hung out, then later, said holbert, someone there told kelli about his prior sex offense. she got upset and swore at him in the empty parking lot. and i just snapped and zone pd o ed out and hit her and knocked her out. hoblert said he took kelli to his camp site where she woke up and started screaming. and i hit her again and knocked her out again. and she was dead. hoblert said he then took kelli ds body deep into the woods and buried her. you okay with going back