The man accused of murdering a 14-year-old Oregon girl more than 10 years ago will face an extradition hearing next week in Nevada.
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Dale Wayne Hill, 39, did not waive extradition to Oregon and has been in custody in a Nevada jail since an Oregon grand jury indicted him in April on aggravated murder, murder and kidnapping charges in the death of Stephanie Condon back in 1998.
Nevada justice officials have begun the process of obtaining a governor's warrant to have him sent to Oregon.
According to Nevada law, authorities must be able to confirm that the defendant being held and requested by another state is the right person.
Hill is the only suspect in Condon's murder.
Hill was taken into custody in Reno, Nev. in March on unrelated charges of failing to register as a felon. He pleaded guilty to those charges and spent 20 days in jail. The day before he was set to be released he was indicted on the Condon murder charges. He remains in prison in Nevada.
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Condon's remains were found on a remote logging road near Glide, Ore. in March. She was 14 when she vanished from a family member's home in Tri City while babysitting for family on Oct. 30, 1998.
Hill was 28 at the time Condon disappeared, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Cold case
The decade-old Condon case had gone cold until Friday, March 13, when a man exercising his dogs on a remote forest road in the Glide area spotted what appeared to be human skeletal remains and alerted the sheriff's office.
The bones were about 40 miles away from the home where Stephanie was last seen babysitting.
Family reaction
Investigators spent over a week studying the remains and dental records of missing persons until the medical examiner positively identified the deceased as Stephanie Condon, according to Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin.
"This is certainly not what any of us was hoping for," said Stephanie Condon's father, Martin, after learning the news. "But after 10 years, it's an outcome we've been trying to prepare for. My family is doing pretty well. My family is doing well under the circumstances."
Investigators also said they recovered evidence from the site around Stephanie's remains, but they didn't indicate specifically how she died.
"The cause and manner of death has not yet been established. Stephanie's remains continue to be examined in an attempt to make that determination," Sheriff Hanlin said.
"The abduction and murder of a child in this community is shocking for us all. There has never been a more important investigation in many of our careers, and never has there been a more important break in an investigation such as the discovery of Stephanie's remains and related evidence."
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