Teen Girl Seen at Lunch But Vanished by Fifth Period | Kiplyn Davis

Despite Kiplyn's parents immediately reporting her missing and expressing concerns, Spanish Fork police initially dismissed her disappearance as a runaway situation for two weeks. This was reinforced by a morning argument between Kiplyn and her father, and a perceived 24-hour waiting period for missing persons cases in 1995.

The police heard about the argument between Kipan and her dad and leaned hard into this runaway theory. They believed that Kipan was just a teenage runaway. (12:07) This runaway theory, it stuck. It stuck for a while. Way longer than it should have. (16:32)

Kiplyn's older sister, Haley, discovered all of Kiplyn's essential belongings—her purse, wallet, retainer, and makeup bag—untouched in her school locker. This strongly indicated Kiplyn had not planned to run away, as she was known for her attention to appearance and would not leave without such items.

Inside Kipan's locker was everything that she had had that morning when her mom Tamara dropped her off for driver's ed. Her purse, wallet, retainer, even her makeup bag. Everything. (22:00) The idea that she would suddenly leave town without packing a bag, whether it be clothes, makeup, or anything else, that certainly didn't add up. (13:30)

FBI investigation, initiated two months after Kiplyn's disappearance, identified classmates Chris Jepson, Timmy Olsen, and Rucker Leafson as persons of interest. Their stories about their whereabouts on the day Kiplyn vanished, particularly their claim of being at the school late that night, were inconsistent and later contradicted by other witnesses and Richard Davis's observations.

Chris, Timmy, and Rucker all said that they were at the school together that night doing the whole play thing, the football thing? Well, here's where that story finally starts to crack. It turns out that there was a community choir event at that school that very same evening and that choir was using the auditorium. (53:56) Richard went to the school hoping to find Chris there so he could talk to him. And this was around 10 to 10:30 that same night… The school was completely dark. No lights on, no cars in the parking lot, nothing. (41:18)

Years after Kiplyn's disappearance, five individuals, including Chris, Timmy, and Rucker, were charged with perjury for lying to investigators. Timmy Olsen eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2011, confessing that he, Kiplyn, and an 'unnamed third person' went to a canyon, where the unnamed person fatally struck Kiplyn with a rock, and they subsequently buried her.

By 2005, after years of contradictions and years of changing stories, the police finally arrested Chris, Timmy, and Rucker, not for murder, but for perjury. (54:57) In 2011, he [Timmy] pleaded guilty to manslaughter. And he also confessed to what he had seen with Kiplan, which this was eerily similar to his first story… He claimed that he, Kipan, and an unnamed third person went into the canyons. (57:29)

Despite his manslaughter conviction, Timmy Olsen has consistently refused to name the 'unnamed person' he claims killed Kiplyn or provide a clear location for her body. This refusal has prevented Kiplyn's family from finding her remains and achieving full closure, leading to his parole being denied in 2021.

Timmy has never named the person that he claims killed Kipan. To this day, he still hasn't named that person. (58:42) Timmy refuses to help the authorities find Kiplan's body. He won't give a clear location. He won't go back to that canyon and he won't point the investigators in any direction at all. (59:12) because he still refuses to cooperate, still won't help locate Kiplan's body, his parole was denied. (01:01:35)