Death Investigation

DATE & TIME: 08-24-2020 @ 10:01

LOCATION: Big Blue River northwest of Beatrice

OFFENSE: Death Investigation

CASE #: 2020-3702

On Monday, August 24, 2020, at approximately 10:01 am, the Gage County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the north side of the Big Blue River, just north of the west end of Riverside Park, for a death investigation. A person boating on the Big Blue River got off the river and onto the north bank, climbed up an incline and spotted a deceased person in the wooded area.

The Gage County Sheriff’s dispatched a deputy and an investigator, and aided by officers from the Beatrice Police Department, coordinated investigative efforts, notified the county attorney (who by statute is the county coroner) and scheduled an autopsy. 

The body was removed from the scene with the assistance of the Beatrice Fire Department and Fox Funeral Home, then transported to Omaha for the scheduling of an autopsy by the Douglas County Coroner.

At this time, no identification has been made of the body. The Gage County Sheriff’s Office will coordinate investigative efforts with the Beatrice Police Department.

Sheriff Millard “Gus” Gustafson #903

Investigator T. Hanson #90310

Deputy J. Chavez #9036