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One year later military puts up $25,000 reward for information

The military are offering a $25,000 reward to anyone with information on the disappearance of a 23-year-old female soldier who went missing in North Carolina a year ago today.

Family and friends are still desperate for information on Kelli Bordeaux who vanished after a night drinking in a Fayetteville bar.

She was given a ride home by a bar employee and sent two text messages - one said 'got home safely'.

But she didn't - and hasn't been seen since - prompting the military to launch their latest appeal.

The dedicated soldier was reported missing two days later on April 16 2012 when she failed to report for duty at Fort Bragg.

Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told CNN Bordeaux was a 'very good soldier, not the type of person that would come up AWOL or missing.'

She was last seen leaving Froggy Bottoms bar in the early hours of April 14.

It is believed that she accepted a lift home from Nicholas Holbert who has previous convictions for 'indecent liberties' with a five-year-old.

Holbert, 25, was arrested following the pretty blonde's disappearance but officers have not named him as a suspect in the case.




That night: The last known picture of Ms Bordeaux (left) shows her getting ready to head to the bar, and convicted sex offender Nicholas Holbert (right) said he drove her home but denies any further involvement

He told police that he dropped Kelli off at the apartment shared with husband Mike Bordeaux - who was away visiting family at the time.

Holbert claims he had nothing to do with Kelli's disappearance and says he has been unfairly targeted.

The woman's brother Matt Henson has said he doesn't believe his sister got home safely despite a text send from her phone saying she did.

A close friend of Kelli's received the message saying 'Got home safely' on the morning she went missing but Mr Henson claims that 'things don't add up'.

Volunteers have met regularly to search various areas near the home of the missing soldier and the bar.

Ms Bordeaux’s relatives, including her husband of two years have spent 12 months waiting anxiously for any news.





Devoted: Kelli's husband, Mike Bordeaux (left) was out of town when his young wife disappeared

Mr Hensen, who lives in St. Cloud, Florida, and Kelli's mother, Johnna Henson of Newport, Tennessee, spent a couple of weeks in Fayetteville as volunteers and professionals searched for Ms Bordeaux. Eventually, they had to return home and to their jobs.

‘I cried all the way home,’ Johnna Henson, 48, said of the more than five-hour drive to Newport.

‘I kept thinking, I can't believe I'm leaving North Carolina not knowing where my daughter is. Tears were running down my face the whole way home.’

Kelli's family paint a picture of an attractive, fun-loving girl who wanted to help people.

She joined the Army in 2011 to become a combat medic and had hoped to eventually become an officer.

Despite only being 5-foot-1 Kelli could take care of herself, said husband Mike who works in construction on Fort Bragg for a civilian company.

‘From her standpoint, she was never worried’ about her safety, he said. ‘I'm the husband. I'm always going to worry.’


Missing: Bordeaux was reported missing when she didn't report for duty on Fort Bragg, where she serves in a medical unit

They would go to work within an hour of each other, then get off about the same time. They liked to cook dinner, watch shows on Netflix and play video games – Modern Warfare was her favorite, and she was better than her husband at the games, he said.

‘We didn't even go to bars or anything like that,’ Mike Bordeaux said.

‘We'd go out to eat, go to the movies, go to batting cages'.

Ms Bordeaux's sister, Olivia Cox, of Hinesville, Georgia, said Ms Bordeaux her she was going to the bar to sing karaoke.



Advertised: Ms Bordeaux had told her sister that she was going to the bar to sing at their karaoke night

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