Overview
- Homicide detectives found the body Monday in a shallow grave in a wooded area of north Fort Worth in Denton County.
- Investigators say the victim was last seen on Nov. 30 after leaving a party with 23-year-old Alexander James Nicholas.
- Police arrested Nicholas on a murder charge after locating evidence that contradicts his account that he dropped the person off alive.
- The search began Dec. 2 with a missing-person report, and the case is now classified as a homicide, according to Fort Worth police.
- The medical examiner has not released the cause or manner of death, authorities say more arrests are possible, and tips are requested at 817-392-4338; the victim has not been officially identified, though local reports name him as John Richardson, 24.