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Police still pursuing Nebraska homicide case 10 years later

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) – Police say they aren’t giving up on a 10-year-old central Nebraska homicide case and are still actively pursuing leads despite having no suspects.

Kearney Police Department Captain Mike Kirkwood says officers work on the Kelcey Fike murder investigation on almost a daily basis. He says police remain confident they’ll find Fike’s killer, particularly once technology advances to test and decipher the DNA found on the victim’s body.

Kirkwood has shared more details about Fike’s death at her trailer in Kearney in June 2008. He says police believe there’s a high probability the killer knew Fike and that an attempted sexual assault may have occurred.

An autopsy found that Fike died of a ligature strangulation and blunt force trauma to the torso and head.

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