Getting away with murder: Nebraska cold cases
See unsolved or suspected cold case homicides that have occurred in Nebraska. The purpose is to raise awareness in hopes that someone may have information regarding any of the cases and will provide that information to law enforcement.
You can submit a tip about any cold case homicide by contacting the Nebraska Information Analysis Center via the Missing Persons Hotline at 877-441-5678 or by email at NEfusioncenter@nebraska.gov.
Ann Marie Kelley
Law enforcement hoped someone would remember seeing the dated minivan Ann Marie Kelley was driving when she disappeared. Neither has ever been found. Â
Carl Bittner
K.K. Kody
Christi Nichols
Donald Bennett
Ernestine Ruschy
Eugene McGuire
Jay Durnil
Mary Heese
Gregory Moore
Irvin Settje
Jason Remsen
Jason Vesper
Brian Walker
Arthur Morley
Jay Blockson
Jeanne Kassebaum
William, Bernice and Barbara Peak
Jeffrey Snoddy
Joy Blanchard
Demetrius Simpson
Julie Derrick
Leah Rowlands
Letha Harley
Mary Cabral
Mary Cronin
Merlin Mosel
Mitchell Simon
Patrick Vostades
Rebecca Williams
Richard Chadek
Richard Lessley
Robert Beaudoin
Robert Heelan
Rudolfo Flores
Russell McKnight
Sandy Green
Sarah Neal
Tyrone Banister
Waddell Robinson
Charles Hanks
A Hall County judge set bond at $5 million for Logan Hunts Horse, who is accused of killing Todd Scherer at Fonner Park in Grand Island.
Bart Beutler is facing seven felony charges, including first-degree murder, which carries the possibility of life in prison.
Four women are suing The Lund Company for negligence, alleging that the company allowed a now-convicted sexual predator to continue working as a maintenance technician despite multiple complaints.Â
The City of Omaha will appeal the jury verdict and other orders in a lawsuit that resulted in a police captain being awarded nearly $1 million for claims of retaliation.
Natividad Zuniga and Graciano Nava Zuniga were among four passengers in the car.Â
A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle southwest of Waterloo.
Armon Rejai, who is charged with first-degree murder, told police he opened his front door and shot, fearing for his safety.
An 18-year-old Lincoln man who arrived at the hospital late Friday with gunshot wounds died, according to the Lincoln Police Department.
Experts believe the skeletal remains found two weeks ago in rural Douglas County are those of an adult man. Â
Kevin Wengler was reported by the Predator Poachers, a group that monitors the internet in hopes of catching child predators.
An Omaha woman was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting last year in the Florence neighborhood.Â
A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Kearney man whose body was found near Cunningham Lake in March.Â
A Howard County man is facing four felony charges for allegedly driving drunk and causing a car crash that left one man dead and three people seriously injured.Â
The former police chief of Oakland, Nebraska, will be sentenced in July after pleading guilty Friday in federal court to misdemeanor misappropriation of public funds.Â
Three of the four people arrested in connection with Omaha's first and only homicide of 2023 appeared in court on Tuesday.Â
A former high school and junior high teacher at a northeast Nebraska school will stand trial for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old male student.
Sarpy County Judge Tricia Freeman ruled that the evidence presented by Ryan Larsen's mother was insufficient to prove the death of the La Vista boy who disappeared in 2021.
A 37-year-old Kimball man was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in prison Tuesday after being found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife.
A Douglas County judge last week found a former security guard at Omaha North High School not guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child.Â
Funds are being raised to help with funeral expenses for a 34-year-old man being hailed as a hero for protecting his sister from a gunman in Blair on Friday.Â
Logan Hunts Horse has been set for trial in September for the first-degree murder of Todd Scherer.
A Cass County District Court judge on Monday ordered a 19-year-old man charged with first-degree murder to undergo a mental examination to determine if he was sane at the time of the slaying.Â
According to court documents, the man touched the girl, who was under age 12, while she was sleeping and attempted to have sex with her. The girl resisted his efforts.
A former Tekamah police officer has been charged with two felonies in connection with his activities during a police standoff in Lyons on Feb. 25.
A 56-year-old man died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the Reception and Treatment Center in Lincoln.
New details came to light at a hearing Wednesday in a gruesome double murder last year that left law enforcement scouring Lincoln's landfill for remains of one of the victims.Â
The death of an elderly woman found in a home just north of Fort Calhoun early Monday is under investigation.Â
A 28-year-old man from Mexico was arrested after the Nebraska State Patrol said he was transporting 133 pounds of marijuana through the state.
A man was found dead at a west Omaha apartment complex.
A homeless man told Omaha police that he was beaten and robbed last week while attempting to share a large sum of money he found in a downtown alley.Â
A 17-year-old was killed and another teenager was injured early Monday in a one-vehicle crash near Springfield.Â
Avery Rhodes was ordered held on $250,000 bail during a court hearing Monday. He must pay 10% of the bail amount, $25,000, to be released from the Sarpy County Jail.Â
In an interrogation, Bart Beutler said he and his wife had been arguing that night when he "lost it." "I just pulled out the gun and started shooting," he said.
Despite a last-minute attempt to withdraw his no contest plea, an Omaha man was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 to 115 years in prison for shooting and killing a teenager in what prosecutors have characterized as a case of mistaken identity.Â
A 16-year-old Omaha boy accused of killing one person and injuring two others during a January shooting at Casey's Gas Station was ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder and assault charges.Â
During opening statements in the first-degree murder trial of Aldrick Scott, attorneys offered dueling versions of the events that led to the slaying of Omaha mother Cari Allen.
Aldrick Scott took the stand in his own defense for nearly two hours on Friday. Douglas County attorney said his version of events was 'really beyond belief'.
A man arrested in Missouri is accused of first-degree murder, kidnapping, use of a firearm to commit a felony and first-degree assault. He will be extradited to Colfax County.
