i'm from coquille, oregon. the reason why we're sitting here for me in my eyes so to bring awareness to this case. i'm doing this not for myself, but i'm doing this for leah and her family to get resolution. i'm an innocent man, and i want the false narrative to go away. i think i was about 2 to 3 when we moved down to coquille. my mom works in the medical field. and my dad, he started a business, a produce market. i'd ride my mountain bike delivering the newspaper with the old paper bag in it. and you know, i wasn't the biggest kid. >> i was nick's fourth grade teacher in -- i believe it was 1992. he was a great student. he enjoyed learning. he was creative. >> in high school, i was just kind of like any average student. i wasn't different really than anybody else. >> nick played for the coquille football team, and it was a big thing there in coquille, friday night football, just like it is in most small towns. >> nick the high school kid. he was always in love in a way, you know? he always had a girl. the gir

i'd gone out to laverne park, and all of a sudden a coquille city cop pulled in. and i said cory, i i need to take you home. i said, they found her. >> i remember the exact moment. and i broke down. i just remember that specific moment in time. that's the saddest moment that i've ever gone through. >> 15-year-old leah freeman vanished off the streets of coquille five weeks ago. her death is being treated as a homicide, but investigators are saying little else. >> i that i everybody was quick to point fingers at nick, because he's the most likely person being her boyfriend. >> police just aren't able to make any kind of a case stick. >> as time went by, it slowly became a cold case. >> fast forward eight years. a new sheriff comes into town, and he wants to look into the case. >> we looked at every person that was identified as a possible suspect in this case. and then we went forward. no matter which way we went, at the end of the day, it came back to nick. >> we're going to stop by mr. mcgulfen's residence and see if he's around. >> we've interviewed over 100, al