On August 31, 2025, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office received a report from Baptist Health Hardin regarding a sexual assault.
The Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division immediately began an investigation, conducting interviews with both the victim and the suspect.
As a result of the investigation, 47 year-old Casey Nichols, of Elizabethtown, was arrested on October 3, 2025. Nichols has been charged with:
Rape, 1st Degree — Incapable of Consent or Physically Helpless
Sodomy, 1st Degree — Incapable of Consent or Physically Helpless
Nichols was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center under a $150,000 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in court on October 6.
This case remains under investigation.
Source: HCSO
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