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remains of a missing nebraska Mother has been found more than a year after she disappeared Police Detain a person of interest in the case.
Jerrica Hamre was informed missing Her parents last heard from Lincoln on July 3, 2024, a few days earlier on June 25. Hamre was 30 years old when she disappeared.
“Our hearts are broken for Jerrika’s family and friends who have been searching for answers for the last 18 months,” Capt. Ben Miller of the Lincoln Police Department said at a news conference Monday.
Police, along with family, friends and community volunteers, were desperately searching for Hamre, searching near the same field where she was eventually found, police said.
Miller said, “The effort to search over 1,000 square miles of woods, lakes, rivers and farmland was arduous and never ended because the commitment to finding him was unwavering.”
On December 17, police made a major breakthrough in Hamre’s case when her body was found in a rural farm in Furnas County near Oxford, about a 3-hour drive southwest of Lincoln.
The Lincoln Police Department said a representative of the farm’s owners was inspecting the property for sale when he found Hamre’s body in an old farm shed. Police say they do not believe Hamre has any connection to the farm or its owners.
Police believe Hamre had traveled from Lincoln to the Oxford area and that her body had been in the field “for a considerable period of time,” Miller said.
Miller does not know the exact cause of Hamre’s death but police are treating the case as a homicide.
Authorities have a person of interest in the case, who was already in custody on unrelated charges. Investigators do not believe the man has any connection to the farm where Hamre’s body was found.
The identity of the person of interest has not been revealed and formal charges had not yet been filed against that person at the time of the press conference.
Independent The Lincoln Police Department has been contacted for any updates on the case.
According to media reports, Hamre’s daughters are in the care of their parents since their disappearance.
Miller said, “This was not the outcome we expected. We were hopeful that we would find Jerrica alive and healthy and be able to return her to her family.” “But I think at this point we can get him back to his family and at least they have some answers today.”