WILBER, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the second of two people accused of killing a Lincoln woman, dismembering her and dumping her remains in southeast Nebraska field.

A prosecutor Wednesday cited the slaying’s “exceptional depravity” in a filing regarding the state’s intentions against 24-year-old Bailey Boswell.

Court records say Boswell and 51-year-old Aubrey Trail are charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege Trail strangled Sydney Loofe and Boswell helped Trail cut up Loofe’s body and stuff the remains into trash bags. The remains were found Dec. 4 in Clay County, weeks after Loofe was reported missing.

Prosecutors cited the slaying’s depravity in their death penalty filing against Trail and said he has a substantial history of “serious assaultive or terrorizing criminal activity.”

A trial date hasn’t been scheduled.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials with Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium say a 3-year-old red panda housed at the zoo has died.

Officials said Wednesday that Tofu, a female red panda who arrived at the Omaha zoo from the Detroit Zoo in October 2017, had died.

According to preliminary necropsy results, Tofu had excess fluid in her abdomen and chest cavity. Officials say that is commonly observed in cases of heart failure or cardiomyopathy, but another potential cause of death includes inflammation of the heart from bacterial or viral causes.

Despite the name, red pandas aren’t related to giant pandas. Red pandas are close relatives to raccoons, skunks and weasels and are the size of a small raccoon.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has been found dead in the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha.

Authorities say another judge found the body of District Judge Mark Ashford in his chambers around 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says a preliminary investigation found no signs that any crime was involved.

Brother Brad Ashford, a former congressman, says the 66-year-old judge has had heart problems but had been doing better in recent years. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.

Judge Peter Bataillon was a close friend and told the Omaha World-Herald Mark Ashford “had a great demeanor in and out of court. He always wanted to make sure he did the right thing.”

GENEVA, Neb. (AP) — The York County public defender is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from private clients.

Court records say 59-year-old Nancy Waldron is charged with felony theft. She didn’t immediately return messages left Thursday by The Associated Press. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her.

The next court date regarding her case is set for Aug. 15.

The records say questions were raised in nearby Fillmore County about checks Waldron had written to herself on a bank account that belonged to two sisters living in nursing homes.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who was fatally shot in her north Lincoln home.

She’s been identified as 36-year-old Jessica Brandon.

Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister (BLEYE’-meye-stur) says the intruders entered the home just after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday and officers were called at 3:45 a.m. Bliemeister says four children were among seven people in the home when the woman was shot. No other injuries have been reported.

Brandon was pronounced dead at a Lincoln hospital. No arrests have been reported.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say one worker was killed and several others were injured in an accident at a Columbus manufacturing plant.

Firefighters and medics were sent to the Nebraska Precast plant a little after 10 a.m. Tuesday. One person was pinned under a concrete form used to make livestock feed bunks.

Fire Chief Dan Miller says one worker was declared dead at the scene and four others were taken to a hospital. None of their names have been released.

The accident is being investigated.

Nebraska Precast makes precast concrete products for agricultural, construction, landscaping and utility applications.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A former Sarpy County prosecutor accused of domestic assault has been given 18 months of probation.

Sarpy County Court records say 48-year-old Jennifer Hessig was sentenced Tuesday in Papillion. She’d pleaded guilty in May to disorderly conduct and four counts of disturbing the peace. The charges had been lowered from domestic assault and negligent child abuse in exchange for her pleas.

The judge also ordered Hessig to attend a batterer intervention program and not drink alcohol.

The charges stemmed from a July 3, 2017, incident in which Sarpy County deputies were called to Hessig’s home to investigate an altercation between Hessig and her husband. A court document says five children were home at the time.

Hessig later resigned from her position with the Sarpy County attorney’s office.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of fleeing the scene of an Omaha crash that killed a 2-year-old boy faces a new charge: motor vehicle homicide.

24-year-old Davionne Collier was in Douglas County Court on Tuesday, where the new charge was announced. Collier was originally charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident resulting in death, willful reckless driving and driving under suspension. Officials said Tuesday that evidence backed the new charge.

Police say Collier was driving a sport utility vehicle that collided with a car on May 28, fatally injuring 2-year-old Devon Morris and injuring three other people. Police say Collier and a passenger in his SUV walked away from the crash scene.

Collier’s next court appearance is set for Aug. 30.

Omaha Parks and Recreation says the bridge closed Monday and will remain closed most of the week until a five-year maintenance inspection can be completed. The bridge spans the Missouri River, connecting Omaha, Nebraska, to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Officials expect the bridge to reopen before the coming weekend, but note “there is no guarantee.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A sport utility vehicle with no one inside has been pulled from a lake near the Omaha airport.

An Omaha officer reported seeing tire tracks leading into Carter Lake around 4:35 a.m. Tuesday. An Omaha Fire Department boat equipped with sonar found the SUV in nearly 10 feet of water.

Divers later hooked the SUV up to tow straps and a cable so a tow truck could pull it out.

Investigators are looking into whether the SUV had been stolen and then dumped in the lake near Eppley Airfield.