NICHOLAS Michael Holbert initially told police that he had gone out drinking with his new friend, Kelli Bordeaux, before dropping her off near her apartment later that night. Holbert didn't become a prime suspect in Kelli Bordeaux's disappearance for months, but as the duo's secret lives began to unravel, so did Holbert's lies, leading to a shocking true crime exposé played out in a classic episode of NBC's Dateline on Sunday, May 19, 2024. 2 Nicholas Michael Holbert appeared at the Cumberland County Detention Center on Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, later pleading guilty to first-degree murder Credit: AP Who is Nicholas Michael Holbert? Nicholas Michael Holbert was born on November 2, 1986.
Not much is known about his past or upbringing, but by 2012, Holbert was working as a barback and general helper at Froggy Bottoms, a local dive bar in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It was there he met Kelli Bordeaux, a combat medic and soldier stationed at Fort Bragg. Bordeaux was going through marital troubles at the time, and her husband, Mike Bordeaux, had recently moved from the couple's apartment off-base back to Florida.
Though they were still married, Kelli Bordeaux had begun dating a man named Justin Thompson, who she knew from her hometown in St. Cloud, Florida. Justin and Kelli both met Holbert during a night on the town, and had hit it off.
Holbert, however, believed Bordeaux was interested in him as more than just a friend. "Nick gave her his telep.