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Suspect faces murder charge in northern Nevada kidnapping

FILE - This photo taken from store surveillance video and provided by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, shows Naomi Irion of Fernley, Nev., making a purchase shortly before authorities say she disappeared before dawn on Saturday, March 12, 2022. A rural Nevada man who was jailed a week ago on a kidnapping charge is now accused of killing the 18-year-old woman whose body was found this week in a remote grave in northern Nevada's high desert, sheriff's detectives said Friday, April 1, 2022. Investigators acting on a tip found human remains in a gravesite Tuesday in a remote area in neighboring Churchill County about 60 miles east of Reno. An autopsy the next day confirmed it was Naomi Irion. (Lyon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) FILE - This photo taken from store surveillance video and provided by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, shows Naomi Irion of Fernley, Nev., making a purchase shortly before authorities say she disappeared before dawn on Saturday, March 12, 2022. A rural Nevada man who was jailed a week ago on a kidnapping charge is now accused of killing the 18-year-old woman whose body was found this week in a remote grave in northern Nevada's high desert, sheriff's detectives said Friday, April 1, 2022. Investigators acting on a tip found human remains in a gravesite Tuesday in a remote area in neighboring Churchill County about 60 miles east of Reno. An autopsy the next day confirmed it was Naomi Irion. (Lyon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) FILE -This photo provided by Lyon County Detention Center shows Troy Driver, 41, of Fallon, Nev., following his arrest Friday, March 25, 2022. Driver who was jailed a week ago on a kidnapping charge is now accused of killing the 18-year-old woman whose body was found this week in a remote grave in northern Nevada's high desert, sheriff's detectives said Friday, April 1, 2022. (Lyon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) FILE - This photo provided by Lyon County Detention Center shows Troy Driver, 41, of Fallon, Nev., following his arrest Friday, March 25, 2022. Driver who was jailed a week ago on a kidnapping charge is now accused of killing the 18-year-old woman whose body was found this week in a remote grave in northern Nevada's high desert, sheriff's detectives said Friday, April 1, 2022. (Lyon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)