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Nichole Alloway Found: Young Mom Dies After MySpace Meeting
The body of Nichole Alloway has been found, about two months after the 20-year-old young mom went missing after meeting with 18-year-old Dillon Maring, whom she met on MySpace. She traveled from Spring Hope, NC, to Portsmouth, Ohio, and called home daily to check on her children and finally asked her family for money to catch a bus home. She did pick up the money, but never got on the bus.
Her body was found in an abandoned house in Otway, Ohio. Dillon Maring has been named as a suspect in the case.
Alloway’s grandmother, Diane Dille, told reporters that the young mom had a bad feeling about the trip to meet her MySpace friend as she got on the bus.
“She got her first foot on that step and held onto the railing, and she turned to me and said, ‘Grandma, I got a bad feeling about this,’” Dille said. “I said, ‘Well then, don’t go. Stay here.’ She said, ‘No, I gotta go.’”
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at 06:53 on July 23rd, 2009
My name is Denise and I am Nicholes cousin first I want to say that we will miss u and u will always be in our hearts Nikkie.
I have been contacting the Portsmouth Pd in regards to this case since she dissappeared. The police have a few leads and of course Dylan Maring is a suspect. I copied and pasted all the nasty comments this man made to her on myspace, you can see him threating to blow her head off, etc.
Please log onto www.myspace.com/helfindnikkie.com
I am begging if anyone has any info on this case please contact Detective Matt Spencer @ 1-740-354-7566
Nikkie was with a few other individuals that were arrested for having chemicals to make Meth, one of the men Jason Craft had some of Nikkies possesions on him when arrested.
Please help this family get some closure.
at 22:20 on August 6th, 2009
denise, when jason was arrested not only nichole belongings were with him but nichole was with him, right????
at 09:11 on July 23rd, 2009
I am very sorry for your loss. I hope the police hurry up and catch this guy he's a creep and needs to be locked up.
I was reading the article and she had told her grandma that she had a bad feeling about the trip; why did she still go? I just can't seem to understand that part of it.....
at 03:41 on July 24th, 2009
Jolene, You asked why did she go? We all have bad feelings now and then. But some times we don't listen to those feelings. God had a reason for what happened. Although I can't think any . I have asked myself why a million times. If any good at all comes from this it will be that this will make some else think twice about trusting some else on the inter net. And get the ones that did this offf the street so they won't do this to any one else. My NIchole is in a much better place now. And she will be missed.
at 11:28 on July 24th, 2009
To Nichole's family:
I'm so sorry for your lost, this is a terrible situation. I hope justice is done and swiftly. Women whether you are chatting on line, my space, and/or my face book, please be extremely careful - you really do not know these people that you are letting into your lives. If only Nichole would have listened to her inner voice, things would have been different. The poor kids with their mom, sometimes we all want love and often go to great lengths to get it and often it turns badly. I'm not blaming Nichole, I must saying that we really should not trust anyone especially people that are doing, selling, making illegal drugs, this is a bad situation alway around.
at 15:11 on July 24th, 2009
made in a case of a body found in Scioto County, Ohio.
Scioto County Sheriff's department says Richard E. Howard, 32, has been arrested for the death of Nicole Alloway.
Alloway was reported missing person from North Carolina earlier this week.
Sheriff Marty Donini tells WOWKTV.com that detectives arrested Howard at approx. 3:00 p.m. Friday, after interviewing Howard and several other people that were believed to have been involved with this crime.
Doninia says family members of Alloway in North Carolina have been notified.
According to the sheriff, Alloway and Howard both were involved with drugs at the time of her death. Detectives say Howard and Alloway were traveling on State Rt. 73 while they were using drugs and Alloway died in Howard's vehicle.
After her death Howard disposed of her body by taking it to a rock embedded area off of state Rt. 73 in Otway and hiding the body.
Howard is being charged with 1 count of Gross abuse of a Corpse, Tampering with evidence and drug trafficking. All three charges are felonies.
Sheriff Donini says other charges could be filed after an official autopsy report.
Howard will appear in Portsmouth Municipal Court on Monday. Bond has been set at $25,000.
Anyone with information on this case may contact Det. Spencer at the 740-354-7566. All calls will be kept confidential. ..
at 20:51 on July 24th, 2009
Sorry for your loss. I live in Portsmouth and the rise in murder is truly shocking to me. For those who don't know it is a very small town that used to be ideal for raising children. Not anymore
at 19:54 on July 25th, 2009
FOR THE FAMILY OF THIS GIRL. PLEASE PUSH THE SCIOTO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INTO LOOKING FURTHER INTO THIS. MOST OF THEM ARE GOOD PEOPLE BUT NEED A PUSH TO GETTING BUSY.HOWARD/ BREECHS!!!!!!!!. I LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE THIS ALL HAPPEND, AND KNOW OF THEM THERE BAD BAD PEOPLE. I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR THIS YOUNG WOMENS GRANDMA AND CHILDREN. THINGS LIKE THIS WILL ALWAYS HURT THEM AND SHOULD OF NEVER HAPPEND.
at 10:17 on July 28th, 2009
I am really sorry for you loss. I saw this story on CNN and it is so horrible. May your (grand-)daughter rest in peace and many thoughts go out to the victim's children. The men who did this should spend the rest of their lives in prision and never see the sun again. may they eat the worse cold food and be terrorized in prision the way they terrorized this woman. The better punishment would be that the DA ask the victim's family what the punishment be for these animals. The punishment should fit the crime and they should be taken to the quarry and beaten with rocks so that they would become handicap for life.
peace be with the family
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