The Disappearance of Niqui McCown

On Sunday July 22, 2001, 28 year old Niqui McCown attended church in her hometown of Richmond, IN. After church, Niqui headed over to a nearby laundromat, while her fiancé and high school sweetheart, Robert “Bobby” Webster met up with his best man at a local tuxedo shop to get fitted for his upcoming wedding that was scheduled in just 3 weeks. Niqui and Bobby had dated all thru high school but had broken up when Bobby moved out to California. However, after his return, about three years prior to her disappearance, Niqui and Bobby had rekindled their relationship. The two planned to meet up later that afternoon at 4:30 PM at Niqui’s mother’s house, but that meeting would never take place.

Marilyn Renee Nicole McCown was born on January 6, 1973. Niqui had a 9 year old daughter, Peyton, from a previous relationship. Niqui and Peyton’s father Steven, maintained a cordial relationship and co parented their daughter. Niqui was the youngest of 10 children in a very close knit family, and was especially close with her sister Michelle.

At the time of her disappearance Niqui worked just over the state line in Dayton, OH which is about a 45 drive from her home in Richmond, IN. Niqui worked at the Montgomery County Education and Pre-Release Center. She began her career there as a corrections officer and had worked her way up to a position in the accounting department. She was also a member of the facility’s Hostage Negotiation Team. Additionally, Niqui was taking classes Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH in hopes of becoming a US Marshall or working for the FBI.

On that fateful day of July 22, 2001, after initially going to the laundromat Niqui returned to her mother’s home, Niqui’s mother was watching Peyton while Niqui was busy.  Niqui told her mother that she wasn’t comfortable waiting at the laundromat because 2 Hispanic men were harassing her there. Niqui was a very attractive woman and had had a similar situation happen once before, with an unidentified white male. Her mother told her to just get her clothes and finish her laundry there at her home. Niqui left her mothers home to presumably return to the laundromat, but no one knows for certain what happened after that, and Niqui never returned back to her mothers home.