Strangler Hangs Himself

"EAGLE, NE — Sheriff's officials say a Lincoln woman was suffocated by her boyfriend at his Eagle home on Thursday or Friday, and that the boyfriend then committed suicide.

"Cass County Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of Steven G. Wright and Jamie L. Korbelik-Gibson, both 35, while on a check welfare call to Wright's home at 2081 N.
226th St. outside Eagle.

"A statement released Saturday evening by Cass County Sheriff William C. Brueggemann said Wright and Korbelik-Gibson were in `an intermittent relationship` and that `domestic violence was involved resulting in the death of (Korbelik-Gibson) via suffocation at the hands of Wright.` The statement said Wright later hanged himself.

"Korbelik-Gibson's address is listed as 1400 Old Farm Road in Lincoln. A spokesman for BryanLGH Medical Center confirmed that Korbelik-Gibson was a hospital employee.

"Brueggemann said the investigation remains ongoing."

From JournalStar.com...