Man Who Last Saw Missing Female Soldier Questioned by Police

The Fayetteville Police called a press conference on Wednesday night to release details about the investigation for the from Fort Bragg who was reported missing on Monday after not reporting for duty. Froggy Bottoms, the watering hole on Ramsey Street is where she was last seen.

Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux and her husband of two years, Mike, live in an apartment nearby the bar. According to the police, he was out of town visiting his father in Florida, according to an Orlando news report when she disappeared, but has been cooperative.

According to police reports, Bordeaux’s cellphone last sent a signal off a tower near that north sector of Fayetteville, though no further information about any texts or calls has been released.

A dive team went out today at a pond about 8 miles away near Eastover, off Dobbin Holmes Road, based on a lead, but nothing else has been reported. Teams are expected to return out again on Thursday morning.

As of Wednesday night, the case is now considered to be an active missing person investigation according to Chief Tom Bergamine.

Nicholas M. Holbert, was interviewed on Wednesday according to officials. He is a registered sex offender and has felony convictions from 2003 for indecent liberties with a child, age 5 when he was 16-years old, according to state Division of Adult Correction records.

Holbert is not considered a person of interest, and came forward on his own accord, according to Bergamine. Holbert had employment ties to Froggy Bottoms.

“Mr. Holbert is one of the last persons that had contact with Mrs. Bordeaux,” Bergamine said. “Anybody that last saw her on the early morning of Saturday is someone we want to talk to.”

According to an ABC exclusive report with Holbert, he said he gave the soldier a ride home from the bar, where he works, but denied having anything to do with her disappearance and said he dropped her off at the entrance of her neighborhood at her request.

"As soon as you drive into the entrance to Meadowbrook, she said stop right here," Holbert said in the ABC report. "So I stopped and she said, 'I'll walk home.' I said, 'Are you sure?' She said, 'Yeah.' I said I figured she didn't want me to know where she lived, or somebody was there and she didn't want to be seen together."

Bordeaux is 5'1", around 100 pounds with blond hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a pink tank top with spaghetti straps and black shorts.

A Facebook page has been established for Bordeaux where comments for a show of support have been left.

Wednesday afternoon the Police Department announced it has set-up a hotline for people to call with information or tips about the case, 910- 433-1114.