Law & Order
Woman faces child abuse charges
A 28-year-old woman will face
felony child abuse charges today in
Lancaster County court stemming
from the death of her 2-year-old son.
Susie Gugat was arrested Friday,
one week after police found her son,
Scan Gugat, dead in their home on the
1700 block of N. 17th Street. Police
noticed bruises on the child’s head and
hands.
An autopsy report showed Sean
Gugat died of “multiple blunt force
injuries ...”
Those injuries resulted from child
abuse and were not accidental, the au
topsy report stated.
According to a court affidavit, Susie
Gugat told police that her son was safe
and healthy when she put him to bed
Thursday, April 11, and that between
1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., she checked
on him and gave him aTylenol because
he was sweaty.
Adnan Bushy, Susie Gugat’s live
in boyfriend, told police he returned
home about 1:30 a.m., Friday April 12
and noticed Sean Gugat was sweaty
and obviously sick, the affidavit stated.
Bushy tried to get Susie Gugat to
take her son to the hospital, but she
refused, according to the affidavit.
When Bushy went to the child’s
bedroom to wake him at 10 that morn
ing, the 2-year-old was dead, the affi
davit stated.
Susie Gugat told police she didn’t
know what caused the child’s injuries.
Police originally investigated the
case as a homicide, but arrested Susie
Gugat on suspicion of felony child
abuse resulting in death of a child.
The Lancaster County Attorney on
Monday released the names of two
homeless men found dead in west Lin
coln Saturday.
Both deaths have been declared
accidental and are unrelated. County
Attorney Gary Lacey said.
Alfredo G. Estrada, 40, was found
Friday in a clump of trees underneath
a Salt Valley Boulevard overpass. Au
topsy reports showed Estrada died of
suffocation, Lacey said.
Lacey would not say what caused
Estrada to suffocate or why the death
had been ruled an accident. Police are
still investigating.
Francisco Santos, 26, was found
floating face down in Salt Creek near
West O Street. Autopsy reports showed
he drowned.
The two men were identified by
comparing fingerprints with jail
records, Lacey said.
Police were unable to locate any
relatives of the two men, Lacey said,
and are asking people who know ei
ther of the men to call.
The two bodies were found within
an hour of each other on Friday and
located less than a mile apart. But po
lice have no evidence linking the two
deaths, Lacey said.
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Gov. Nelson seeks to educate
drivers about ‘no zone’ rule
When motorists on Nebraska inter
state highways begin to drive 75 mph
on June 1, they will have to be more
educated on the safety limitations of
semi-trucks, Gov. Ben Nelson said
Monday.
Nelson was joined by Motor Car
riers Association President Bud Cuca
for his weekly teleconference Monday
morning to announce the inception of
the “No Zone” campaign.
Last year, Nelson said, Nebraskans
driving cars were involved in more
than 2,700 accidents with heavy trucks
and buses.
“There is a need to educate motor
ists and make them aware of truck
limitations,” Nelson said.
Nelson said the word would get out
in the media through televised public
service announcements. Trucks will
soon display safety decals, and the
state’s younger drivers would benefit
from the use of multimedia kiosks
delivered to schools.
The term “no zone” refers to the
blind spots around the semi that the
other drivers cannot drive. These spots
include the front, back and side of the
semi.
Nebraska State Patrol Col. Ron
Tussing said the specific points of the
program would be the most beneficial.
“It’s one thing for us to tell people
to drive safely,” he said. “But when
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