GUILTY NE - Four killed in Omaha crime spree, Nikko Jenkins charged, Aug 2013

[Snick1946]

I was watching the 10PM news on KMTV last night and the anchorperson reported that Sherriff Dunning had told one of their reporters that they were 'getting close to an arrest' in the crime. He couldn't be specific. Hope so- lots of rumors around town, many of them hurtful to the family.

 

[SuziQ]

Sheriff Dunning Updates KMTV Action 3 News On Kruger Murder

He says he hopes for a "successful conclusion" soon

http://www.kmtv.com/news/local/Sher...Action-3-News-On-Kruger-Murder-220761781.html

 

[shimmer29]

This is a truly interesting case -- heartbreaking and tragic and lots of questions. I live in the community, less than a mile from where Andrea Kruger lived and maybe a mile-and-a-half to two miles from the crime scene, so I know the area very well, have traveled those roads a million times.

I don't buy the abduction-from-the-bar scenario. Think about it -- why would an abductor allow her to drive nearly all the way home from work? That doesn't make sense.

The particular intersection where Andrea was found would be deserted at 2 in the morning. There isn't going to be much traffic, if any, at that hour there. I cannot imagine anyone hanging out there to carjack someone randomly. No way is this a carjacking, no way is this random.

<MODSNIP>

Also, there were certainly two people, two perpetrators involved -- one person driving the vehicle that either followed Andrea from work or ambushed her at the intersection, and then another to drive Andrea's car off and dump it in north Omaha.

I sure hope there is closure to this case soon.

 

[Snick1946]

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Homicide-Investigated-In-West-Omaha-220483801.html

From the sound of it police think this may be a random act and that some crazed killers are out there.

 

[colette]

Could have been someone hiding in back seat of car or hiding nearby outside. Or even forced his way in at an intersection by gunpoint.

 

[shimmer29]

I apologize for saying something in my post above that needed a MODSNIP. I'm new here and still learning. Sorry. :blushing:

Colette, I understand why you would mention that maybe someone was hiding in her car, or forced his/her way in at gunpoint, or was hiding nearby. While no one can say that absolutely couldn't happen, I think it's very unlikely. Why? If a stranger, someone she didn't know, was in her car with her, why was she allowed to drive her usual route home, and why was she allowed to make it nearly all the way home? I just don't see someone who wanted to rob or abduct her allowing her to do this. The location of the crime scene, which was literally less than 5 minutes from her home (and probably less than that at 2 in the morning), indicates to me that she was alone in her car, driving her usual route, going about her business until at or very near the intersection where her body was found.

Unless someone she knew and trusted was in the car with her.

Now, did she stop at a nearby convenience store for gas or something else and have someone follow her from there, unbeknownst to her? I'm sure the police already know the answer to that, with surveillance footage.

Also, while Omaha isn't small, it isn't terribly large either. It's not a 24-hour city. I say that because the intersection in which she was found would, for all other intents and purposes, be deserted at that time of night. It borders on being rural -- it is not well-populated out there as compared to, say, what you would typically think of as a city intersection. It's definitely not that. I don't even think there are sidewalks out there.

In fact, there isn't a whole lot of traffic, period, in west Omaha at 2 in the morning on a weekday. That intersection isn't well-traveled -- meaning there isn't enough traffic going through it to even warrant putting up traffic signals (remember, there are still just four stop signs out there). So the likelihood of someone just hiding around out there, without a car, waiting for someone to come along to rob, is very unlikely. A robber would have a much better chance at an in-town intersection.

I don't mean to go on and on. The tragedy of this case has touched so many people in this community that it's difficult to not want to figure it out, and soon.

 

[meanmaryjean]

So, instead of calling the police when his wife suddenly did not come home AND stopped answering her phone, he just lets it go 'til morning? And then, he leaves three young children alone at home to go look at a crime scene he saw on the news? Instead of just calling the police?


Unusual......

 

[SuziQ]

https://twitter.com/WOWT6News

WOWT &#8207;@WOWT6News 2h
Sheriff says he's talking to us to dispel rumors. He says suspect or suspects dumped her vehicle 2 1/2 hours after Andrea Kruger murder

WOWT &#8207;@WOWT6News 23m
Channel Six News has learned Andrea Kruger fought back against her attackers in the moments before she was shot multiple times Wed. ~2:09am

 

[colette]

https://twitter.com/WOWT6News

WOWT &#8207;@WOWT6News 2h
Sheriff says he's talking to us to dispel rumors. He says suspect or suspects dumped her vehicle 2 1/2 hours after Andrea Kruger murder

WOWT &#8207;@WOWT6News 23m
Channel Six News has learned Andrea Kruger fought back against her attackers in the moments before she was shot multiple times Wed. ~2:09am

Then maybe there is DNA under her nails. They must have some evidence. The killer may have scratches, I bet her husband has none.

 

[shimmer29]

Did you notice that the TV Twitter feed said "attackers" plural?

 

[mrsu]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-memory-of-Andrea-Kruger/412212645556818

 

[Snick1946]

Maybe I missed it but have they ever said if anything was taken from her? Her purse and credit cards?

 

[EllaMae]

She was beautiful.

Such a sad case....those poor children.

 

[colette]

Maybe I missed it but have they ever said if anything was taken from her? Her purse and credit cards?

Nothing has been said but I would think her purse may have remained in the car. I think LE might have more clues and won't take long for an arrest or two. I'm hoping anyway.

 

[Snick1946]

KETV is still not allowing public comments on any stories associated with this crime. I just sent their news staff an email asking why? Maybe this is station policy when there is an open investigation but it seems very unusual to me.

 

[SuziQ]

I think this article was updated last night.

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Homicide-Investigated-In-West-Omaha-220483801.html

(snip)
Kruger's old co-workers and customers at the Deja Vu Lounge, where she worked, watched the press conference intently at the bar on the TV.

Jim Goldfaden, a loyal customer, doesn't think Kruger willingly stopped in a dark secluded area.

"It makes me sick! I mean she's a mother of three, and the question that we all asked each other, 'why would you stop at 1:45 in the morning?'" he said.

The staff doesn't believe the trouble could have started at the bar.

Deja Vu waitresses are escorted out to their cars each night.

"Unless there was someone driving by and, I don't know, followed her maybe, but the crowd that comes in here, I don't see that happening," said Jaiecie Knodell, of Deja Vu.

 

[shimmer29]

See, that's another strange thing. She must have had some sort of identification on her, or her purse was nearby (apparently not stolen) because law enforcement identified her quickly. The police were sitting a block away from her house (her husband has stated the police stopped him a block or so away from the house when he went out looking around 6 that morning after discovering she wasn't home). Therefore, the police knew who she was and where she lived in pretty short order.

If her purse was still with her at the scene, in order for them to ID her, that doesn't sound like a robbery to me.

 

[LambChop]

See, that's another strange thing. She must have had some sort of identification on her, or her purse was nearby (apparently not stolen) because law enforcement identified her quickly. The police were sitting a block away from her house (her husband has stated the police stopped him a block or so away from the house when he went out looking around 6 that morning after discovering she wasn't home). Therefore, the police knew who she was and where she lived in pretty short order.

If her purse was still with her at the scene, in order for them to ID her, that doesn't sound like a robbery to me.

If LE knew who she was why wouldn't they have called her husband??? If she left work at 1:45 in the morning and he left to find her at 6:15 that would be five hours without calling her husband?

 

[colette]

I was thinking the husband was the one to identify her. It appears that Andrea closed down the bar so maybe no one walked her to her car. Someone could have tried to get the night's cash from the bar from her. There was a 21 minute gag between when she closed the bar to when the shots were fired. Another car was believed to sped have away from the scene. LE has had a dozen tips.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130823/NEWS/130829474/1685

 

[Snick1946]

I get the idea they have her on video during the trip home, perhaps at a convenience store where she stopped for something? LE has made allusions to this but haven't directly said so. That would open up the possibility of someone focusing on her after seeing her while she stopped there.