COQUILLE, Ore., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The boyfriend who was one of the last people to see an Oregon high school student slain 10 years ago has been charged with her killing.
Nicholas McGuffin, now 28, became a suspect almost immediately after Leah Freeman, 15, of Coquille disappeared on June 28, 2000, The Coos Bay World reports. But for years investigators did not have the evidence to charge him, Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said.
McGuffin was arrested Monday, a few hours after he was indicted on a charge of murder. Bail was set at $2 million.
Investigators said Freeman spent the afternoon of June 28, 2000, at McGuffin's house and then went to see a girlfriend, leaving at 9 p.m. UPI
