Kelli Bordeaux Missing: Nicholas Holbert, Last Man To See Soldier, Arrested On Unrelated Charges

The 25-year-old bar hand -- and convicted sex offender -- who gave missing Fort Bragg soldier Kelli Bordeaux a ride home the last night she was seen was arrested on unrelated charges Friday.

Nicholas Holbert turned himself in after it was revealed that he failed to register as a sex offender at his new North Carolina address, ABC News reported. Holbert has been questioned twice in Bordeaux's April 14 disappearance, but cops say he is not a person of interest in the case.

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• Missing Soldier

  FILE- This undated file photo provided by the Fayetteville, N.C. Police Department shows Kelli Bordeaux. Authorities say 23-year-old Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux has been missing since April 14. Officials at Fort Bragg reported her missing to Fayetteville police two days later. Investigators say phone calls and text messages show nothing out of the ordinary happened that night. Their only lead- She left the bar with a man who is a registered sex offender _ and who swears he had nothing to do with her disappearance. (AP Photo/Fayetteville, N.C. Police Department, File)

• Missing Soldier

• Missing Soldier

  This undated handout photo provided by the Fort Bragg Public Affairs Office shows Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux. Police in Fayetteville, N.C. are asking for the public's help in finding an Army private they believe may be in danger. Authorities say 23-year-old Bordeaux has been missing since April 14. Officials at Fort Bragg reported her missing to Fayetteville police two days later. (AP Photo/Fort Bragg Public Affairs Office)

• Kelli Bordeaux missing

  Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• NC Missing Soldier

  Kelli Bordeaux is seen in an undated photo provided by the Fayettville, N.C. Police Dept. Authorities say 23-year-old Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux has been missing since April 14. Officials at Fort Bragg reported her missing to Fayetteville police two days later. Police are asking for the public's help in finding the Army private they believe may be in danger. Police say anyone with information should either call police or Crimestoppers. (AP Photo/Fayettville, NC Police Dept.)

• NC Missing Soldier

  This April 13, 2012 photo provided by the Fayettville, N.C. Police Dept shows 23-year-old Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux. The Fayetteville Observer on Thursday, April 26, 2012 reports that a mix of more than 500 soldiers and civilians turned up at the parking lot of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center's Health Pavilion North to look for Bordeaux, who was last seen as she left a bar about 1:20 a.m. April 14. (AP Photo/Fayettville, N.C. Police Dept.)

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

• Kelli Bordeaux, a 23-year-old Army combat medic, went missing after leaving a bar in Fayetteville, N.C. early on Saturday, April 14. Here are some of her Facebook photos, many of which feature her husband.

Police maintain that Bordeaux, 23, could be in danger.

Holbert, who lives inside a lean-to outside the Froggy Bottoms bar where Bordeaux was last seen, told cops that he gave her a ride home but left her at the entrance to the gated community where she lived in Fayetteville. When Holbert was 16, he was convicted of a sex crime involving a five year old, media outlets said.

"As soon as you drive into the entrance to Meadowbrook, she said stop right here," Holbert told ABC 11. "So I stopped and she said, 'I'll walk home.' I said, 'Are you sure?' She said, 'Yeah.' I figured she didn't want me to know where she lived, or somebody was there and she didn't want to be seen together."

Over the past week, search parties looked for Bordeaux near the Interstate 295 corridor from where she sent her last text message and at a pond that an anonymous tipster identified as a place of interest. The pond was scoured but there was no trace of Bordeaux.

At some point on the morning of her disappearance, "got home safely" was sent as a text from Bordeaux's phone, along with another text unreleased by cops.

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Comments

[scrapper7]

01:42 PM on 04/28/2012

Mike Bordeaux was visiting his parents in Florida. He has asserted on television he and Kelli were 'very happy'. That appears to be the case, since most photos on Kelli's Facebook page feature her and Mike together. Indeed, they do look 'very happy'.

Nicholas Holbert on the other hand was in town when Kelli went missing. In fact, he gave her a ride home from a bar called, Froggy Bottoms, when she vanished. Holbert just happens to be a sex-offender.

Mike Bordeaux's character (and solid aliby) vs. Nicholas Holbert's word. Gee, which one would you say is more credible?

Most law enforcement will affirm it's the first forty-eight hours after an abduction which are the most crucial. Kelli has been unaccounted for, for two weeks. In all honesty, the outcome doesn't look at all promising.

Just as San Diego's Brittany Killgore disappeared from a military base and met with foul play, history repeats itself. If Nicholas Holbert is involved with Kelli's unknown whereabouts and fate, he should meet with swift and severe punishment.

In the meantime, I pray that Kelli's loved ones be granted the grace to endure these horrible circumstances.

[California Beach Bum]

01:00 PM on 04/25/2012

Why is this convicted sex offender living in society? They should all be locked up and placed in a work camp for the rest of their sex offending lives.

[bdazz]

08:26 AM on 05/06/2012

I think you're right. I don't think they can be rehabilitated.

[lifehub]

05:23 AM on 04/24/2012

WOW HP pages are as slow as syrup in loading.....I'll read this article somwehere else.

[artstnmtn1]

02:37 AM on 04/24/2012

get a new twist to this case in the city newspaper, the fayetteville observer. there is another player in the mix. seems this marriage had many ups and downs.

[nancy kriescher]

08:17 AM on 04/24/2012

Thank You, Yes My Badges aren't loading, I went to Gather" for Isabelle Celis story."

[French Bulldoggy]

02:17 AM on 04/24/2012

This is been going on since 1970? Then the predator must be at least 60. Is the bartender from the area? Could he be linked to the past killings?

[French Bulldoggy]

02:06 AM on 04/24/2012

I look at her and I don't see a military face. Maybe she ran away. However, a pedophile likes children not married women....hummmm...the text could have been by the culprit involved. Not her. and why would she send a text and not call to talk? She musst have said to the culprit something in respect to "...if i don't tell my hubby I'm safe he will send the cops..." so maybe she is still alive some were..........

[Clyde Cherry]

01:59 AM on 11/22/2012

That is sooooooooo outlandish!!! comment

[JBS]

01:34 AM on 04/24/2012

One thing to consider is whether the guy from the bar is not a suspect because the police have evidence that exculpates him.

Consider that IF he told the truth about dropping her off and went straight back to the bar, it would take him less time to drive back there than it would take her to walk down to the apartments. The simplest explanation is that she got to the apartment and sent the "Got home safe" message herself and that something happened to her after that.

The police may have evidence that he was back at the bar before the "Got home safe" text messages were sent, and that he has a solid alibi for the time when whatever happened took place.

[JuzSayn]

12:18 AM on 04/24/2012

This is a link to some of the unsolved rape and murder cases in the area that KB lived and disappeared..... http://www.drmauricegodwin.com/fayettevillerapes.html

[JuzSayn]

12:54 AM on 04/24/2012

Be sure to click on the "Hiding In Plain Site" link within this page

[rewith85man]

11:27 PM on 04/23/2012

The guy is still suspicious in my opinion. He sexually assaulted a 5 year old girl when he was 16. How evil and twisted he was and still is.

[madeye1]

10:57 PM on 04/23/2012

Couldn't view this video, but I saw the guy on the news and he came across as nervous. Could be he's lying, or could be he's scared to death he's about to be hung out to dry because of his unsavory past. Either way, none of us know what the cops know, so we are just wasting time speculating.

[scrapper7]

10:39 PM on 04/23/2012

There has been a lot of violent crime on military bases in the last several months. The wives of enlisted men appear to be the main targets. It breaks my heart, that while these soldiers are serving their country overseas, their spouses are quickly falling victim to predators.

I worry a good deal about these young ladies. No doubt they're lonely and probably see no harm in going out for the evening with friends. Frightening though it may be, this behavior can be misconstrued by someone with an unstable mind. After that, it's not a very large leap to dillusional judgment and danger.

Yet, how do you explain this to a young lady who is perpetually by herself? Not everyone in uniform can be trusted. Living on a military base leads them into a false sense of security. They feel a sort of closeness to others 'resembling' their spouse and let their guard down. Most of the time, there will be no tragic ending. But, what about the girls who aren't so fortunate?

It might be a good idea, for young ladies living alone on military bases to take mandatory self-defense classes. An ounce of prevention...

[madeye1]

11:11 PM on 04/23/2012

I think this woman's situation was a little different, she was in the Army, too. And her husband isn't deployed, he was visiting family out of state. But I get what you're saying.
Used to be military wives made friends with each other, even if it was temporary, just to ease that loneliness. Now, seems like so many of them are isolated by choice. They keep in touch with family and friends back home through the net, and don't work on having people they hang out with. My niece is like that, no kids, no job, doing on-line college while her husband's deployed.
I know not everybody is in that situation, but quite a few are.

[Johnny3021]

10:38 PM on 04/23/2012

is saying I feel bad for the parents and hope this girl is ok because I wouldn't mind getting shot in the butt like Forrrest Gump if I knew she was one that could come and help me?(shaking my head grinning)

[itsmyownopinion]

09:22 PM on 04/23/2012

The bar owner has also been arrested on "unrelated charges" since this story was posted.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/11012677/

[JBS]

10:02 PM on 04/23/2012

Failure to appear in 2001 for a Cumberland County, NC DWI charge & federal warrants for $400,000 in unpaid child support to three women in Boston, MA

[NC Democrat 12]

09:16 PM on 04/23/2012

There's alot of swamp land in this state, they may never find her.

[Sarah Bano]

09:01 PM on 04/23/2012

Wow that guy is hot. There no way he a pedophile.

[madeye1]

10:47 PM on 04/23/2012

Maybe he's progressed to serial killer. So much easier, since is so hot.

[rewith85man]

11:28 PM on 04/23/2012

If you want to be with a creep like him, then you are just as guilty as he is.