OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police have identified a woman whose body was found about a mile north of downtown.
Police say officers were sent to the area about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to check reports of screaming and of people drinking outdoors near a homeless encampment. Police say 32-year-old Rachel Ham was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ham is believed to have been living in the encampment. Police announced Thursday the arrest of a suspect, a 53-year-old man who was booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder and use of a firearm. Court records don’t show that he had been formally charged by late Thursday afternoon.
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