Three friends of Heather Ann Bodden made the grim discovery at her home in Yankton, South Dakota - the day before she had sent an ominous text about her boyfriend, Craig Allen Nichols Jr ...

As previously reported, Nichols is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and two counts of contempt ...

YANKTON, S.D. (KFGO) – A Yankton man is charged with murder and manslaughter after his girlfriend’s decapitated body was found in a Yankton apartment Thursday.

South Dakota man Craig Nichols Jr., 32, is facing charges including murder and manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old Heather Ann Bodden Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Craig Allen Nichols Jr., 32, was identified as the woman’s boyfriend. Police said video footage showed him at the apartment Wednesday night along with two other men. Police interviewed those men ...

A Yankton man has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses Thursday evening during an investigation into a death.

The woman’s friends said they came to the apartment after they hadn’t heard from her since the messages. Craig Allen Nichols Jr., 32, was identified as the woman’s boyfriend. Police said video footage ...