THE DARK SIDE OF NEBRASKA
Jeremy Osborn
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Full Name: Jeremy P. Osborn
DOB: January 29, 1974
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Douglas
City: Omaha
Current Status: Lincoln Correctional Center
Date of Crime: December 13, 1993
Victim: Laura Gogan
DOB: January 29, 1974
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Douglas
City: Omaha
Current Status: Lincoln Correctional Center
Date of Crime: December 13, 1993
Victim: Laura Gogan
On December 13, 1993, Laura Gogan was found dead in her Southwest Omaha apartment by her roommate. Laura was a 19-year old student at UNO. She had suffered multiple lacerations and stabs to her neck. Her death was caused by asphyxiation in association with those wounds. The autopsy revealed that Laura had engaged in sexual relations prior to her death.
Her friends and neighbors in the apartment complex were interviewed. Jeremy Osborn lived with his father, Michael Osborn, in the same apartment complex as Laura. Jeremy was a 19-year old student attending Metropolitan Community College in Omaha. Omaha police received information that Michael was concerned that his son might be connected with the murder. They were unable to verify this information through the source, so they decided to interview the father and son directly.
The officers learned that the father had a job with a construction company. They contacted Michael on his way to work. Michael answered the door and the officers said they wanted to speak to him and his son about Laura's murder. Michael woke up Jeremy and they went to the police station. Michael confirmed that he was suspicious about his son's possible involvement in the homicide. Upon learning that Michael discussed his suspicions with Paula Powell, his former wife and son's mother, the police contacted Paula and had her come to the police station as well.
In a taped interview, Jeremy stated that he had encountered Laura in the apartment complex's parking lot on December 13, 1993, and claimed that she asked him up to her apartment. Jeremy said that he and Laura engaged in consensual sex, but that when they were finished, Laura became upset and threatened to report him for rape. Jeremy went into the kitchen, got a butcher knife and stabbed Laura in the neck several times. Jeremy put the knife in the dishwasher and started the wash cycle. He then took some tuna, soda and Pop-Tarts from the kitchen and left.
Evidence contradicted Jeremy's testimony. First, the door to Laura's apartment appeared to have been pried open. Second, after the murder, Laura's roommate was asked to look around the apartment to see if anything was missing. The roommate discovered that some of Laura's underwear had been placed in the roommate's underwear drawer and that her underwear had been rifled through.
Her friends and neighbors in the apartment complex were interviewed. Jeremy Osborn lived with his father, Michael Osborn, in the same apartment complex as Laura. Jeremy was a 19-year old student attending Metropolitan Community College in Omaha. Omaha police received information that Michael was concerned that his son might be connected with the murder. They were unable to verify this information through the source, so they decided to interview the father and son directly.
The officers learned that the father had a job with a construction company. They contacted Michael on his way to work. Michael answered the door and the officers said they wanted to speak to him and his son about Laura's murder. Michael woke up Jeremy and they went to the police station. Michael confirmed that he was suspicious about his son's possible involvement in the homicide. Upon learning that Michael discussed his suspicions with Paula Powell, his former wife and son's mother, the police contacted Paula and had her come to the police station as well.
In a taped interview, Jeremy stated that he had encountered Laura in the apartment complex's parking lot on December 13, 1993, and claimed that she asked him up to her apartment. Jeremy said that he and Laura engaged in consensual sex, but that when they were finished, Laura became upset and threatened to report him for rape. Jeremy went into the kitchen, got a butcher knife and stabbed Laura in the neck several times. Jeremy put the knife in the dishwasher and started the wash cycle. He then took some tuna, soda and Pop-Tarts from the kitchen and left.
Evidence contradicted Jeremy's testimony. First, the door to Laura's apartment appeared to have been pried open. Second, after the murder, Laura's roommate was asked to look around the apartment to see if anything was missing. The roommate discovered that some of Laura's underwear had been placed in the roommate's underwear drawer and that her underwear had been rifled through.
Source: FindACase
