Nicole Parsons Bucki Was Murdered In Rhode Island On 9/11, And Her Case Remains Cold Today
On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as four coordinated terrorist attacks claimed the lives of nearly three thousand people.
The damages and turmoil understandably overwhelmed authorities. But unfortunately, other important cases fell to the wayside.
One was the murder of Nicole Parsons Bucki, a twenty-seven-year-old woman from Providence, Rhode Island.
Nicole’s mother, Robyn Parsons, pulled into her driveway that morning and was shocked to find numerous unmarked detective cars at her home.
“You just get a bad feeling in your stomach. It is intuition,” she said in an interview with WRPI.
Detectives would later tell Robyn that her daughter was found dead in the bathtub. A hairdryer was also discovered inside the bathtub, pointing to a suspected suicide.
However, autopsy reports later found that Nicole was not electrocuted– she was drowned. And David Laptin, the Providence Police Major, believed that Nicole likely knew her murderer.
Nicole had been in an abusive relationship with a minor leading up to her death. And just one day before her death, Nicole also allegedly called the police on her boyfriend.
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The boyfriend was taken into custody, questioned, but released the same day. Nicole was found dead less than twenty-four hours later.
Nonetheless, Major Laptin has not confirmed nor denied that the boyfriend was ruled out as a suspect. Still, he revealed that the case likely would not progress due to investigators losing evidence.
“Even though we have our thoughts and our ideas, we have to have proof. Whether or not that evidence would have given us proof, we don’t know. It did not at the time because he [the boyfriend] was not charged,” Major Laptin said.
Still, even since Nicole’s death occurred over twenty years ago, her mother, Robyn, has not stopped searching for justice.
Most recently, Robyn joined forces with Unsolved RI and is offering a reward of one thousand dollars for any information that leads to an arrest.
“After twenty years, her story deserves to be told,” Robyn said.
In the meantime, anyone with information regarding Nicole’s case is encouraged to contact the Providence Police Department at (401) 272-3121.
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