NSP makes arrest in homicide case
Investigator’s with the Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the Jefferson County Attorney, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Lincoln Police Department have arrested a Fairbury woman in the death of her husband.
Susan Dejong, 54, Fairbury, is lodged in the Jefferson County Jail on a charge of 1st Degree Murder for the Friday, March 11, 2011 death of her husband, Thomas Dejong, 52, Fairbury.
Just before 4 p.m., Friday, Fairbury Rescue responded to a 911 call from a female requesting medical assistance for an unresponsive male at 55930 Highway 136, approximately nine miles west of Fairbury. The male, Thomas Dejong, 52, Fairbury was transported by ambulance to Fairbury Community Health Center. He was then transferred by ambulance to Bryan LGH-West in Lincoln.
Dejong, who appeared to have been severely beaten, was treated for multiple blunt force trauma to the head, torso and limbs. He was pronounced dead shortly before midnight on Friday, March 11, 2011.
Around 7 a.m., Saturday, March 12, 2011, NSP investigator’s arrested Susan Dejong, 54, Fairbury on a charge of 1st Degree murder. Susan Dejong was taken into custody at the Lincoln Police Department where she had been undergoing questioning. She was then transported and lodged in the Jefferson County Jail.
Results of an autopsy are pending.
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Where has the court reporting gone? It was gone for quite some time and then you brought it back. Can we expect to see it again in the near future?