Lincks, a resident of Van Buren since the late 1970s, was caught attempting to abduct an 11-year-old girl 8 miles away from the Wofford Baseball Field where Morgan was taken from. Lincks's abduction attempt was just two months after Morgan's disappearance.

New DNA evidence firmly connects Billy Jack Lincks to the disappearance of Morgan Nick nearly 30 years ago, making him an official suspect, Alma’s police chief announced Tuesday. Nick was six years old when she was abducted in 1995;