From left to right, Deisha Coats, from Clatskanie, Oregon, comforts Kane Kuhnhausen during his daughter Nikki Kuhnhausen’s vigil at the Vancouver United Church of Christ, Dec. 20. Coats has been a family friend since Nikki Kuhnhausen was about seven years old and helped the family hang up fliers when she went missing.
Sara Leachman, from Portland, puts down the items she brought to honor Nikki Kuhnhausen during her vigil at the Vancouver United Church of Christ, Dec. 20. Leachman was close friends with Kuhnhausen in middle school. “She was always really bright on social media. She was always full of self love and would greet you with a smile,” Leachman said. “She had the most positive things to say, and always found positives in negatives.”
From left to right, Lisa Woods holds Michelle Bart from the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation during Wood’s daughter Nikki Kuhnhausen’s vigil at the Vancouver United Church of Christ, Dec. 20.
Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle speaks during Nikki Kuhnhausen’s vigil at the Vancouver United Church of Christ, Dec. 20.
Family, friends and supporters of Nikki Kuhnhausen bow their heads in prayer during her vigil at the Vancouver United Church of Christ, Dec. 20.
Hundreds filled the United Church of Christ in Hazel Dell Dec. 20 to remember Nikki Kuhnhausen, a Clark County teen whose remains were discovered near Larch Mountain last month. Kuhnhausen is alleged to have been killed in June following her revealing to someone she was with, David Bogdanov, 25, that she was born biologically male.
Bogdanov is currently charged with second-degree murder in Clark County Superior Court in connection to Kuhnhausen’s death. He was scheduled for another appearance Jan. 2 as of press deadline.
The vigil was organized by the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation. Following are photos of the vigil, which had family, friends and community members coming out in support of Kuhnhausen.
