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Homicide Detectives Take Over Nau Case

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

March 7, 2006 -- There is new information in the search for a missing Oxford Circle woman. Mikalena Nau has been missing since February 4th when she was last seen using an ATM machine near her Elbridge Street home.

Action News has learned of several new developments in the investigation into the disappearance of Mikalena Nau who lived on Elbridge. Most importantly, this investigation has now been handed over to the homicide division. While police have not found Nau's body, they do have reason to believe that Nau is no longer alive and while it may just be a coincidence, they want to know if her disappearance is connected to the murder of an acquaintance of hers last week.

37-year-old Mikalena Nau is a real estate agent who police sources say worked for an escort service. She disappeared a month ago, vanishing without a trace after withdrawing money from an ATM near her home. Her mother spends her waking hours looking for her missing daughter.

Over the weekend, police marine units dredged the Delaware River looking for Nau's body after a cadaver dog picked up her scent. From the start, her disappearance was handled as a missing person's case. Until now, Action News has learned that in the last 24 hours, homicide detectives took over the investigation. Nau's mother believes the move means more resources will join the search for her daughter, dead or alive.

Police confirm that Nau's disappearance became a homicide case, in part, because of the results of forensic tests performed on blood found in her car. The Mercedes turned up in the 57-hundred block of Keystone February 20th. Sources say it had been wiped clean of any fingerprints.

Last Wednesday, a young man described as an acquaintance of Nau's was found murdered. A source says she had called the murder victim repeatedly on the night she disappeared.

Police won't release anymore details about that part of this case.

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