Mindi Kassotis: Georgia woman's husband faces murder charges after her remains were identified
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: A 40-year-old man was charged with murder after his wife's remains were identified on Thursday, May 11, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said. Nicholas James Kassotis was slapped with the charges on the following day with felony murder, aggravated assault, and malice murder related to the death of Mindi Mebane Kassotis.
Kassotis, also known as Nicholas Killian James Stark, is suspected of tampering with evidence and removing body parts from the scene as well. He was arrested on Friday, May 12, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Where did the authorities find Mindi's remains?
On December 2 last year, hunters discovered the Georgia woman's remains near a Riceboro, Georgia, hunting club. Her partial remains were found in the woods of Portal Hunting Club around November 27, 2022. "Her date of death is believed to be approximately one to two weeks before she was found," the GBI said in a previous release.
The GBI finally identified the remains on May 11, following months of interviews advanced testing in labs, and genealogy DNA analysis.
What did the GBI say?
"GBI agents assigned to this investigation sought the FBI’s assistance with genealogy DNA. The FBI used a lab specializing in this advanced testing and received results that furthered the investigation," the GBI explained in a press release, according to Fox News. "The GBI interviewed family members and obtained DNA swabs for comparison to the profile created through genealogy DNA," it added.
Where is Kassotis now?
Nicholas James Kassotis is being held at Lancaster County Prison in Pennsylvania and will be extradited to Georgia. The GBI expressed gratitude to several agencies for being involved in their investigation which includes the FBI, US Marshals Service, East Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force, Lancaster Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office.
4-year-old girl's body found in pieces
In a similar case, MEAWW previously reported that the body of a little girl was found cut into small pieces and littered across a field after a man lured her away by offering her sweets. Bokgabo Poo, 4, vanished from her home in Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on October 10. The man, identified as Ntokozo Zikhali, 30, was seen offering the four-year-old sweets outside the property in Wattville Township shortly before she disappeared. The next day, Bokgabo's mutilated body was found chopped into pieces, spread across a nearby field.
A 63-year-old woman found the remains of the child after noticing human toes sticking out of the ground while cleaning the area. The woman then alerted the authorities who confirmed the body belonged to the four-year-old.