Editor's Pick 'She was everything to us': Omaha family mourns as police investigate woman's death Kevin Cole and Molly Ashford Omaha World-Herald Feb 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023 Updated Mar 24, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save OMAHA — The family of a local young woman whose death police consider to be suspicious remember her big smile and her even bigger heart.kAm|:=28C@D {@A6K[ ab[ @7 ~>292[ 5:65 2E E96 }63C2D<2 |65:42= r6?E6C 27E6C 36:?8 7@F?5 :? 2==6J 369:?5 96C 9@>6 ?62C abC5 2?5 r2DE6=2C DEC66ED 2E 23@FE b 2]>] %9FCD52J[ A@=:46 D2:5]k^AmkAm{@A6K’D 42FD6 @7 562E9 C6>2:?D F?<?@H?[ 3FE :E 5@6D ?@E 2AA62C E92E D96 5:65 7C@> 8F?7:C6 @C 36:?8 DE23365[ ~>292 !@=:46 s6A2CE>6?E {E] }62= q@?244: D2:5] !@=:46 2C6 D62C49:?8 7@C 2 “52C<\4@=@C65[ ?6H6C >@56= 42C[” A@DD:3=J 2 r9CJD=6C b__[ E92E H2D D66? =62G:?8 E96 2C62 2C@F?5 E96 E:>6 @7 E96 :?4:56?E]k^Am kAm{@A6K H2D E96 323J D:DE6C :? 2 Q9F86Q 72>:=J[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 96C D:DE6C[ y6??:76C %@=65@] q@C? 2?5 C2:D65 :? ~>292[ {@A6K 8C25F2E65 7C@> ~>292 $@FE9 w:89 $49@@= 2?5 H6?E @? 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