How many times was the victim of Jesse James Hollywood shot?”
Hoyt and Jesse Rugge bound Nicholas’ hands behind his back with duct tape and put tape over his mouth as well. Hoyt then knocked Nicholas into the grave by hitting him over the back of the head with the shovel used to dig the shallow grave. Hoyt shot Nicholas 9 times with the Tec-9. The members of the gang then tried to hide the gun by placing it between the legs of Nicholas’ body and then covering the body with dirt and branches. The grave, however, was too shallow and close to a popular trail, and Nicholas’ body was soon found on August 12, 2000. Ryan Hoyt, Jesse Rugge, William Skidmore, and Graham Pressley were all arrested following numerous leads to the sheriff’s office following the death of Nicholas Markowitz.
