JoAnn Nichols' Body Behind the Wall

In Poughkeepsie, New York, elementary teacher JoAnn Nichols vanished in 1985 after her husband, James L. Nichols Jr., reported her missing. In 2013, after James died, a contractor clearing his debris-filled house found JoAnn's skeleton sealed in a container behind a false basement wall. The medical examiner ruled the case a homicide caused by blunt force head trauma, and police identified James as the primary suspect.

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