Runaway girl found in shallow grave identified

By Mary Manning (contact)

Monday, Aug. 4, 2008 | 10:03 a.m.

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Anne Osburn

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Gabriel Yates

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Aug. 3 -- Two arrested in runaway teen girl’s death

The 17-year-old runaway girl found dead in a shallow grave in a remote desert area northwest of Las Vegas has been identified as Nichole Elizabeth Yegge, the Clark County Coroner's Office said today.

Yegge died of asphyxiation, the coroner's office said. She had no known address. Her 18th birthday would have been this coming Friday, the coroner's office said.

Metro Police arrested a man and a woman on charges of kidnapping and murder. Anne Osburn, 21, and Gabriel Yates, 31, both of Las Vegas, have been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping, police said. They are being held without bail.

Homicide detectives said they received a tip on July 28 that a 17-year-old female had been killed. Their investigation led them to an apartment at the International Villas, 4630 Koval Lane in Las Vegas, where the victim had been living, police said.

Detectives tentatively identified the victim and learned she had been reported in May as a runaway who had not been seen for several days.

Detectives said their investigation led them to a remote desert area south of the Snow Mountain Paiute Indian Reservation, where they found Yegge's body in a shallow grave east of the intersection of U.S. 95 and State Route 157 (Kyle Canyon Road).

Officers are asking anyone with information to contact either the Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Discussion: 3 comments so far…

By azsk8fan

8/5/08 at 8:55 a.m.

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Give these two scumbags the electric chair and do it pronto!
By scouser

8/5/08 at 12:18 p.m.

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Pure evil at least pretty boy gabriel should be popular in prison.
By Ladyjustice

8/9/08 at 7:51 p.m.

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My daughter called me to tell me a freind of her's we'll call "M" was in fear for her life in Alabama. She lived with these people and the lady named Anne would often talk about it like it was taking out the garbage. "M" had attempted tp contact Las Vegas Police on several occassions to have them investigate. They didn't care at first. They said you know how many people go missing and end up in the desert? Finally, FBI came in and got a wire type. Anne called"M" and said they were headed her way.Then she asked why she went to the police. "M" ignored the question, and Anne ask her a weird question. If she had heard from another young lady who used to live with this couple. Apparently, she may have been killed by them as well. Well, she ended up saying what happened, with a little help from "M" who kept asking her questions. And they were finally arrested. Apparently this is their M.O. They lure young girls, runaways, etc., and bring them to their home then they pimp them out or get them to do other things for them. "M" was lucky she left and got away. She is still scared as she now has a family she wishes to protect. This Anne lady is extremely cold-hearted and capable of anything. Very dangerous compination; these two. Glad to see they were arrested. Hope they find the other bodies and add multiple charges. "M" will probably have to testify, but for now, she's just glad they're captured. They were leaving Las Vegas and fully packed I beleive to Florida. With a "stop" to visit "M" first.