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5 min readOn the night of June 5, 2019, an 18-year-old named Nikki Kuhnhausen left her apartment in Vancouver, Washington, and was never seen alive again. Her remains were discovered months later on Larch Mountain, and she had been strangled to death. The last person known to have been with her was a man named David Bogdanov, who gave a long, rambling interview to detectives in October 2019. That interview—and the investigation that followed—reveals how a chance encounter, a violent reaction, and a family's silence converged into a homicide case.
The Last Ride
David Bogdanov told detectives that he first met Nikki in the early morning hours of June 6, 2019, while he was heading out to a bar with his brothers. He said he saw her walking alone in downtown Vancouver, offered her his jacket and some vodka, and exchanged Snapchat information. Later that morning, after the bars had closed, Nikki contacted him. According to David, she asked for a ride to retrieve her phone, which she said was in Beaverton. He picked her up in his brother's white work van, and they drove to his parents' property in Brush Prairie to switch vehicles so his brother could go to work.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:55) **Interview Begins: David Bogdanov’s Initial Account** - Police interview David Bogdanov about the disappearance of Nikki Kuhnhausen. He claims he met her by chance late at night while she was walking alone.
- 2 (08:31) **Key Details of the Encounter** - David clarifies the timeline and location of his final interaction with Nikki, insisting he was the only one present when she left.
- 3 (20:17) **Phone Records and the Prostitution Theory** - The detective confronts David with phone records showing numerous calls to adult service numbers in the early morning hours.
- 4 (30:15) **Brothers' Memory and the Polygraph Suggestion** - The detective presses David on why his brothers don't remember the incident, and proposes a polygraph to eliminate him as a suspect.
- 5 (55:27) **Second Interview and Arrest** - David returns for a follow-up interview, but this time the detective reveals new evidence from phone records and arrests him for murder.
- 6 (62:02) **Interview with Inessa: David’s Ex-Girlfriend** - Detectives interview Inessa, David’s ex-girlfriend, to learn about his character and behavior around the time of the murder.
- 7 (81:33) **David’s Disappearance and the Ukraine Trip** - Inessa provides crucial context about David’s sudden trip to Ukraine, which occurred right after Nikki’s disappearance.
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