Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Authorities in southern Oklahoma have identified two sets of human remains found on Feb. 18, 2026 in rural Love County as those of Molly Miller, 17, and Colt Haynes, 21, who vanished after a July 7, 2013 police pursuit and crash. The pair were passengers in a car driven by James Con Nipp that fled officers in Carter County; friends later reported getting calls from them asking for water and a ride, saying they were lost, but they were never seen again and the abandoned vehicle was found in the woods two weeks later. The Chickasaw Lighthorse Police Department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit located the remains during a search of more than 1,000 previously unsearched acres after new information and land access opened up, with Miller’s identification by the medical examiner confirmed March 31. Investigators have not released causes of death but say the probe into the circumstances is ongoing, and the local district attorney plans to present the case to a multi-county grand jury once the investigation is complete, signaling potential criminal charges. Relatives, including Miller’s cousin Misty Miller Howell, say the discovery brings some closure but fuels their belief that foul play was involved and their demand for accountability.