The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a woman’s death on Saturday as a homicide, and asking for the public’s help.
At a media conference Monday morning Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan said that the case is being worked as a homicide, but released few other details including the cause of death or weapons that may have been involved.
Soldan said that on Saturday night deputies were send to a family’s home at 10,525 S Hopkins Road in rural Saline County in reference to a death at the residence. 57-year-old Lori J Heimer was pronounced dead at the scene. Soldan said they believe that Heimer had died sometime earlier in the day, on Saturday afternoon.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Scene Response Team was called in to assist.
Soldan said that multiple officers are actively working the case including several deputies and investigators from his agency, 9 KBI agents and a KBI civilian employee, and an investigator from the Saline County Attorney’s Office. The Saline County Mounted Patrol assisted in a search of the area. Soldan would not disclose what they were looking for.
Soldan says that they are actively looking for the killer, but no specific suspect has been identified. He is asking for the public’s help. Anyone who may have seen anything out of the ordinary in the area is asked to contact either the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (785) 826-6500 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KSCRIME.
In the meantime, Soldan advises residents in the area to keep their houses locked, to be aware of their surroundings, and to call if they see anything suspicious or someone in the area who they do not recognize.
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FIRST UPDATE: The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a woman’s death, and asking for the public’s help.
According to the agency, on Saturday at 7:48PM Salina EMS and Saline County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 10,525 S Hopkins Road in rural Saline County in reference to a death at the residence. 57-year-old Lori J Heimer was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Scene Response Team has been called in to assist with this investigation.
If you have information in reference to this incident please contact the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (785) 826-6500 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KSCRIME.
More details will be released to the media Monday morning.
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ORIGINAL: Authorities from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation were investigating a crime scene in rural Saline County on Sunday.
The sheriff’s office confirmed to KSAL News that they were involved in an investigation on South Hopkins Road, southeast of Assaria, but provided no further details.
Vehicles from both agencies were at the rural home Sunday, and the area was marked with crime scene tape.
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office indicated to KSAL News that more information would be released at the Monday morning media briefing.
