Reaction
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leaving her boyfriend’s apartment at
332 N. 22nd St. shortly before mid
night. She was on her way to her home
at 61st and Vine streets, but she never
arrived. She was reported missing the
next day.
Lori Mortcnson, a freshman pre
nursing major, said she was fright
ened and upset by the news that Harms’
body had been found..
“I felt how the parents were feel
ing, and the boyfriend,” Mortcnson
said. “I was disgusted.”
Some students said the reality ol
such violence occurring in Lincoln
was unsettling.
Jodi Jabs, a junior education and
English major, said she thought the
whole community was relieved but
discouraged.
“It’s really scary,” Jabs said. “You
wouldn’t think things would happen
like this in Lincoln.”
Harms’ body was found after one
of two suspects arrested for armed
robbery told police that he and a friend
had abducted and kidnapped Harms
the night of her disappearance.
Kim Stock, a sophomore psychol
ogy major, said she expected to hear
that Harms had been found.
“I was glad they found her (but)
upset she wasn’t alive,” she said.
Family
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disappearance, they said her death
would leave a large void in their lives.
“Candi and her sister had started to
develop a close relationship,” Stan
Harms said.
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... It’s real important
that we not let our
selves and other
women forget this.
--Kriss
director of Women's Center
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Slock said she was angered lhal the
suspects apparently had sat by and
watched as the community searched
for Harms.
“It makes me mad,’’she said. “How
could they not feel guilty for what
they did?”
Judith Kriss, director of the UNL
Women’s Center, said Harms’ death
was troubling.
“I hate to f)c reminded that this
type of violence is going on,” she said.
“... It’s rcallimportant lhal we not
let ourselves and other women forget
this,” she said. “That it happened
close to home is really not unusual;
it’s not a bizarre occurrence.”
Kriss said she had talked to James
Gricscn, vice chancellor for student
affairs, about a memorial service for
Harms at UNL, but nothing had been
planned yet.
“There is a real need for closure,”
she said, “for some way to live with
it.”
“My oldest daughter doesn’t have
her sister to grow up with now,” he
said. “There is no reason why anyone
should rob (Candi and her sister) of
that.”
The Harms said they did not know
the men allegedly responsible for their
daughter’s death. They said they were
more concerned about their daughter
than with the prosecution of the two
suspects.
“We have placed it in God’s hands,”
Stan Harms said.
Pat Harms said, “I can’t care very
much for them. I care about my Cand i.”
Harms
Continued from Page 1
commit a felony and two counts of
theft by receiving stolen property.
The men were arrested in connec
tion with a string of armed robberies
throughout Lincoln over the past sev
eral weeks.
Lacey said Barney admitted to his
attorney that he and Bjorklund ab
ducted and murdered Harms, then
look her body to a site southeast of
Lincoln.
Lancaster County Sheriff Tom
Casady said Harms’ body was found
about 50 yards west of 134th Street
and 800 feet south of Yankee Hill
Road.
Harms’ body had been buried in a
shallow grave, but was partially ex
posed, probably because snow and
rain washed away the earth that cov
ered it, Lacey said.
As of Monday, neither of the men
had been charged in connection with
the Harms’ case. Lacey said such
action probably would be taken within
the next week.
Lacey would not comment on
whether Barney offered the informa
tion in a plea-bargaining attempt.
He said authorities would continue
to search for evidence at the site where
the body was found, as well as at 84th
Street and Havelock Avenue.
Lacey said Barney had indicated
that some of the circumstances “re
sulting in the death of Candice Harms”
occurred at the Havelock site, but
Lacey would not specify what those
circumstances were.
He said the search for evidence at
84th and Havelock would begin as
soon as snow at the site was removed.
Lincoln Police Capt. Frank Rowe
said authorities had no reason to be
lieve any connection ex isted between
the Harms case and the murder of 17
year-old Kcnyatta Bush in Omaha
two months ago.
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Under the circum
stances ... they’re
taking it all as well as
can be expected.
They’re a marvelous
family, and they’ve
been very courageous
and very cooperative.
-Casady
Lancaster County Sheriff
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Lacey would not comment on a
possible motive for the murder, nor
would he give details about the cir
cumstances surrounding Harms’ ab
duction.
Casady said he had-visited Stan
and Pat Harms, Candice Harms’ par
ents, five limes since Saturday to keep
them informed on the investigation.
“Under the circumstances . . .
they’re taking it all as well as can be
expected,” Casady said. “They’re a
marvelous family, and they’ve been
very courageous and very coopera
tive.”
Lincoln Police Chief Allen Curtis
said the discovery of Harms’ body
was the result of a combination of
hard work and “a lot of luck.”
“We made our own luck in this
case,” Curtis said.
The luck, he said, involved captur
ing Barney and Bjorklund for their
alleged armed robberies with the help
of information received by Crime
Stoppers,as well as information gath
ered by officers investigating the rob
beries.
Neither Barney not Bjorklund had
been suspected of being involved in
the Harms case, Curtis said, and the
information Barney shared with in
vestigators was voluntary.
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Julia Mikolajcik/DN
Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey answers questions about the Candice Harms case at
a press conference Monday morning. Others pictured from left are Lincoln Police Department
Capt. Frank Rowe, Chief Allen Curtis and Lancaster County Sheriff Tom Casady.
0332 North 22nd
Street: Todd Sears
apartment
061st and Vine
streets: Harm's home _
0 North 27th Street
and Bluff Road:
Harm's blue 1987
Chevrolet Corsica
found at edge of milo
field about two miles
north of Lincoln ^
0134th Street and
Yankee Hill Road:
Candice Harm's body
found in shallow
grave
084th Street and
Havelock Avenue:
search for evidence in
Harms' death
continues
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