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ACCUSED IN NATION RIVER LADY MURDER RETURNS TO FACE ONTARIO COURT
GABRIELLE VINETTE gabrielle.vinette@eap.on.ca
The individual accused of murdering a woman and disposing of her body in the Nation River has been extradited to Canada from the United States to face charges in the nearly 50-year-old murder case. On Friday, December 1, the Ontario Pro- vincial Police (OPP) worked with the U.S. Marshal Service to bring former Montrealer Rodney Nichols, 81, from Hollywood, Florida to court in L’Orignal. Nichols was accused of strangling Jewell Langford and disposing her body in the Nation River near Casselman on May 3, 1975. Due to a lack of adequate technology at the time, Langford was long referred to as the ‘Nation River Lady’ until police identified her remains in 2020 using Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG). Samples were matched with an individual listed in a family DNA tree through whole genome sequencing. OPP officers travelled to Florida to inter- view Nichols in July 2023, and collected DNA samples they later matched to blood found on a cloth used to bind Langford’s body. Nichols made a virtual appearance before the Ontario Court of Justice in L’Orignal on Saturday, December 2. His next appearance will be Thursday, December 7, to discuss bail.
La police provinciale de l’Ontario a escorté un individu accusé d’avoir tué une femme et d’avoir jeté son corps dans la rivière Nation, non loin du pont de l’autoroute 417, près de Casselman -photo d’archives
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