WAYNE COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — An arrest has been made in connection to the 2014 death of a Fairfield teenager.
Megan Nichols, 15, was reported missing in July 2014. Her remains were discovered in rural Wayne County in December 2017.
On Wednesday, police arrested Brodey Murbarger, 24, in Evansville, Indiana. He faces three counts of First Degree Murder, one county of Concealment of a Homicidal Death, one count of Criminal Home Invasion, and one count of Criminal Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
Murbarger is being held in an Indiana jail, awaiting extradition back to Illinois.