2026年4月8日 / 美国东部时间下午12:26 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
官员表示，俄克拉荷马州洛夫县当局发现的两组人类遗骸，已被证实为2013年失踪的一对年轻男女。
奇克索轻骑警部门的失踪人员公告显示，莫莉·米勒和科尔特·海恩斯最后一次被人看到是在2013年7月7日。当时米勒17岁，海恩斯21岁。海恩斯的失踪公告显示，两人当时是詹姆斯·康·尼普驾驶车辆的乘客。该车在俄克拉荷马州卡特县卷入警方追缉，最终在洛夫县失去踪迹。据哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构KXII报道，车辆最终坠毁，康·尼普自行离开，而海恩斯和米勒则留在了现场。
据海恩斯的失踪公告，次日，海恩斯和米勒致电朋友求助索要水和搭车，称他们在当地一条公路附近迷路。两周后，车辆在树林中被发现遗弃，现场没有海恩斯和米勒的踪迹。
莫莉·米勒 奇克索轻骑警部门 供图
奇克索轻骑警部门表示，两人的遗骸于2026年2月18日被发现，当时该部门与印第安事务局失踪与遇害人员部门正在超过1000英亩的区域内搜寻这对失踪男女的线索。印第安事务局的新闻稿称，这片区域此前从未被搜查过。该局表示，在“获得新线索并取得这片土地的通行权限后”，这里被确定为搜查地点。KXII报道称，该区域地形崎岖，搜查人员徒步开展了排查工作。
印第安事务局透露，身为奇克索族成员的米勒的遗骸已于3月31日由法医完成身份鉴定，海恩斯的身份鉴定日期未公开。两个家庭均已收到通知。
当局未透露米勒和海恩斯的死因。警方表示，“针对莫莉和科尔特死亡相关情况的调查仍在积极推进中”。印第安事务局失踪与遇害人员部门表示，将“继续追查案件的每一条线索”。当地地区检察官表示，调查结束后，将把案件提交给多县大陪审团以正式提起公诉。
科尔特·海恩斯 俄克拉荷马州刑事调查局 供图
米勒的表姐米斯蒂·米勒·豪厄尔告诉KXII，此次发现让家人得到了一定程度的慰藉。
“如果没有官方持续的努力，莫莉永远都不会被找到，”米勒·豪厄尔说道。她和家人仍对米勒和海恩斯的死亡方式及原因存有疑问。她认为这对情侣遭遇了谋杀。
“现在我们有点愤怒，你懂的，我们忍不住感到愤怒，”米勒·豪厄尔说，“案件正在推进，这几乎立刻就让我们意识到其中涉及谋杀。我们已经准备就绪。我们已经准备好面对这个多县大陪审团。我想一旦我们得到正义，就能获得平静。”
Human remains identified as pair who vanished after Oklahoma car chase 13 years ago
April 8, 2026 / 12:26 PM EDT / CBS News
Two sets of human remains discovered by authorities in Love County, Oklahoma were identified as those of a young man and woman who disappeared in 2013, officials said.
Molly Miller and Colt Haynes were last seen on July 7, 2013, according to a missing poster from the Chickasaw Ligthorse Police Department. Miller was 17 and Haynes was 21. They were passengers in a vehicle driven by James Con Nipp, according to a missing poster for Haynes. The car became involved in a police chase in Carter County, Oklahoma, and authorities lost the vehicle in Love County. CBS affiliate KXII reported that the vehicle crashed and Con Nipp walked away, while Haynes and Miller stayed behind.
The next day, Haynes and Miller called friends asking for water and a ride, saying they were lost near a local road, according to Haynes’ missing poster. Two weeks later, the vehicle was found abandoned in the woods. There was no sign of Haynes or Miller.
Molly Miller. Chickasaw Lighthorse Police Department
Their bodies were discovered on February 18, 2026, according to the Chickasaw Lighthouse Police Department, as the department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit searched over 1,000 acres for information about the missing pair. The area had not previously been searched, according to a news release from the bureau. It was identified as a search site “after new information emerged and access to the land was obtained,” the bureau said. KXII reported that the area has rough terrain, and searchers examined the area on foot.
The remains of Miller, who was a Chickasaw Nation member, were identified by the medical examiner on March 31, the Bureau of Indian Affairs said. The date of Haynes’ identification was not specified. Both families were notified.
Authorities did not say how Miller and Haynes died. Police said the investigation “into the circumstances surrounding Molly and Colt’s deaths remains active and ongoing.” The Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit said that it will “continue to pursue every lead” in the case. The local district attorney said it will present the case to a multi-county grand jury for formal charges once the investigation is concluded.
Colt Haynes. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Misty Miller Howell, Miller’s older cousin, told KXII that the discovery has brought some closure to the family.
“Molly would have never been found if it wasn’t for” continued official efforts, Miller Howell said. She and her family still have questions about how and why Miller and Haynes died. She believes the couple were subject to foul play.
“Right now we’re a little angry, you know, and we can’t help from not being angry,” Miller Howell said. “The case is moving forward so that pretty much told us right then that there was foul play involved. So we’re ready. We’re ready for this multi-county grand jury. I think once we get justice then we’ll get peace.”
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