A 43-year-old Nebraska woman was found dead Thursday morning at her Lincoln apartment after family members reported being unable to contact her for several days.
The family members provided a key for police, who entered and found Tracy Henman dead with an injury to her neck, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
A 40-year-old man was at the apartment and was taken into custody without incident, although police said he was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries to his face, neck, and arms. They did not describe his injuries or Henman’s further.
While police said the suspect’s injuries were not life-threatening, he was still in the hospital on Friday. Police said they won’t divulge his identity until he is released and is formally charged.
No one else was home at the time, and police said he and Hinman knew one another but did not describe their relationship.
It’s also not known how long she had been dead when police arrived at the apartment. Family members said it had a been a few days since they’d been able to reach her, Assistant Police Chief Jason Stille said.
Stille said investigators are working on a “number of different elements of this case, including interviewing people who know the victim and the suspect and reviewing evidence,” KOLD reported.
He said that charges against the suspect are awaiting results of an autopsy.
Capt. Ben Miller said Henman had children who also lived at the apartment occasionally, but they were apparently not there on Thursday morning when police arrived, according to the Journal-Star.
“Anytime somebody is found deceased, we would look at murder and the murder charges, but some of that needs to be determined based on the autopsy and then having conversations with the county attorney’s office and marrying that up with the other evidence that we have,” Miller said.
Henman worked for the Hy-Vee grocery store company, where co-workers said she was a beloved employee.
“She was just always so happy and bubbly,” said Blayre Raddock, who worked at a different location but was friends with Henman. “She’d see me walk into the door, she’d get a giant smile and she’d come give me a hug.”
“She had such a big heart and always was happy to see her friends,” Raddock said. “And I know her kids were her everything.”
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[Featured image: Tracy Henman/Facebook]
