VT VT - Corey Crooker, 43, Suspicious Circumstances, search on Old Post Rd indicates possible criminal activity, Bradford, 14 Jan 2025

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Have you seen Corey Crooker?

Missing from Bradford, VT

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Update No. 1: VSP investigates suspicious missing-persons case in Bradford

STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE Vermont State Police investigates suspicious missing-perso...

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February 4, 2025​

Update No. 1: VSP investigates suspicious missing-persons case in Bradford​

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

Vermont State Police investigates suspicious missing-persons case in Bradford​

BRADFORD, Vermont (Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025) — The Vermont State Police is investigating a missing-persons case in Bradford involving a 43-year-old man who was last seen in early January.

Initial investigation suggested the disappearance of Corey Crooker was not suspicious, but further efforts by VSP have developed evidence that indicate the circumstances are potentially criminal in nature.

As a part of the ongoing investigation, the Vermont State Police Crime Scene Search Team spent the day Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, carrying out a court-ordered search at a property on Old Post Road in Bradford. The on-scene investigation is planned to continue Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Crooker was last reported seen by family members Jan. 9, and the last known communication with him occurred five days later.

The Vermont State Police investigation involves members of the Major Crime Unit, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Field Force Division and Victim Services Unit. The Bradford Police Department has provided assistance.

Investigators ask that anyone with information that could assist in the case contact the St. Johnsbury Barracks at 802-748-3111, or provide an anonymous tip online at Submit a Tip | Vermont State Police.

No additional details are available. VSP will provide updates as the case unfolds.

***Initial news release, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025***

On 1/18/25 State Police received a welfare check request on Corey Crooker (43) of Bradford, Vermont. Investigation to this point has revealed Crooker was last seen by family members on January 9th. The last known communication with Crooker was on the evening of Tuesday, January 14th. Crooker does not have a fixed address but is known to frequent the Bradford, Newbury, Wells River areas as well as Haverhill, NH. Crooker is approximately 6 feet tall, 190 pounds and possibly wearing a black Columbia jacket.

There are no indicators that Crooker is in immediate danger or missing under suspicious circumstances, however there are concerns for his welfare.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to call VSP St. Johnsbury at 802-748-3111. Anonymous tips can also be made through the following link: Submit a Tip | Vermont State Police.

 

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Vermont State Police investigate missing person case in Bradford, case now considered “potentially criminal”

A two-week-old missing persons case that was initially considered non-suspicious is now being considered “potentially criminal in nature”.

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Family members last saw Crooker on Jan. 9, and last heard from him five days after. Police said at the time there was nothing to indicate Crooker disappeared under suspicious circumstances, but there were concerns for his welfare.

Vermont State Police investigate missing person case in Bradford, case now considered “potentially criminal”

There was a large police presence in Bradford on Tuesday that troopers say was part of an ongoing investigation.

www.wcax.com

 

[GraceG]

Police are saying the disapparance may be criminal in nature. Corey doesn't have any personal criminal records in the Vermont Judicial system so we don't have any idea what might have prompted LE's concerns. Smart Search - Vermont Judiciary Public Portal

 

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Investigators believe his disappearance is suspicious.
State Police investigate suspicious missing-persons case in Bradford

Vermont State Police did not initially believe the disappearance of 43-year-old Corey Crooker of Bradford was suspicious, but now say evidence indicates it might be "criminal in nature"​

Vt. police believe man's January disappearance to be suspicious

They say they are carrying out a court-ordered search warrant at a residence on Old Post Road relating to the disappearance of Corey Crooker, 43.
Missing person case in Bradford now considered ‘potentially criminal,’ police say

 

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FEB 5, 2025

Federal gun charges brought against man allegedly involved in Bradford missing person case

New charges in federal court are shedding light on a suspicious missing person investigation in Bradford.

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• VSP have been searching a home on Old Post Road in Bradford looking for evidence that could result in possible homicide charges related to Crooker's disappearance.
• 42-year-old James Nickles Jr. lives there with his girlfriend Lisa Akey.
• Others at the home told LE they buy drugs from the couple.
• Akey told LE that Crooker had been at her house, she didn’t sell him any drugs, and he left with an unknown woman in a dark-colored SUV.
• While LE was searching the home, they found multiple guns in their possession.
• Now Nickles is facing federal charges for being in possession of two firearms as a felon and active drug user.

 

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Instead of calling 911, the feds say Nickles moved Crooker’s body into his fire pit and burned it over the course of several days.

Nickles has not been charged in state or federal court with murder.

Police say an exchange between Nickles and his girlfriend, Lisa Akey, referenced the alleged murder.

Troopers said Thursday that they arrested Akey, 41. She’s being charged with accessory after the fact.

Suspect confessed to killing missing Vt. man, police say

Court paperwork is providing new insight into an investigation into the suspicious disappearance of a man in Bradford.

www.wcax.com

 

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James D. Nickles Jr., 42, is facing charges of second-degree murder, unauthorized burial or removal of a dead body and providing false information to police, according to state police spokesperson Adam Silverman. A judge found probable cause for the charges Friday, and the Vermont State Police obtained an arrest warrant for Nickles.

Vermont man charged in the murder of missing Bradford man - VTDigger

James D. Nickles Jr. of Bradford has been charged with the murder of Corey Crooker, who was last seen by family members in January, state police said.

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