Clues sought in slaying
Police chief says there were no signs of forced entry
Police continued to search for clues over
the weekend in and around the home of an 86
year-old man found stabbed to death Thursday.
Lincoln Police Sgt. Tom Towle said the
east Lincoln home where Kenneth Genuchi
was found dead was still taped off and being
searched for clues by police Sunday.
The retired certified professional accoun
tant was found by his 20-year-old grandson,
Adam Eppert, Lincoln Police Chief Tom
Casady said.
His death was Lincoln’s seventh homicide
this year.
Eppert returned to the home in the 500
block of Cottonwood Street he shared with his
grandfather around midnight Wednesday,
Casady said, and woke in the morning to find
his grandfather murdered. Police responded to
a call from Eppert at 7:47 a.m. Thursday.
Casady said the murder took place some
time between last Wednesday evening and
early Thursday morning and that Eppert is not
considered a suspect in the case.
Police investigators did not find signs of
forced entry or struggle in the home, Casady
said. Casady did not know Friday if any prop
erty was missing from the home.
Woman found dead
in her apartment
The body of a 65-year-old
woman was found in an apart
ment building in the 500 block of
South 12“* Street on Saturday.
Delores Stone was found
dead in her apartment in the
Metropolitan apartment build
ing around 10 a.m., James
Hecht, the Metropolitan’s chief
maintenance man, said.
Hecht said two tenants asked
him to check on Stone. Stone’s
apartment door was half open,
and Stone was lying on her bed
when he arrived, Hecht said,
adding he did not know if Stone
was alive or dead at the time.
“I’ve talked to a lot of people
who live here, and nobody really
knows anything,” Metropolitan
resident Christine Duty said.
Lincoln Police Capt. David
Beggs said police received 11
calls from tenants in the
Metropolitan this month, regard
ing medical emergencies and
disturbances. Beggs said Stone
reported a disturbance to police
earlier this month.
Hecht said he did not know
the cause of Stone’s death but
said he was not shocked.
“This is nothing unusual for
me,” Hecht said.
Compiled by senior staff
writer Jake Bleed
Smoking
restrictions
become law
From staff reports
Nebraska has taken actions to
extinguish smoking in state build
ings.
On Saturday, a legislative bill
that restricts smoking in state
buildings became law. On March
25, state senators approved LB211
43-0 vote. , ..
The bill may have an impact on
smokers at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. LB211 states
that not more than 40 percent of
university residential housing may
be smoking rooms.
UNL housing director Doug
Zatechka was unavailable for com
ment Friday about the potential
impact the bill could have on stu
dents and faculty.
The bill restricts smoking in
many buildings and vehicles
owned, leased or occupied by the
state.
In addition to the fraction of
residence hall rooms, smoking
will also be allowed in:
■ Veterans homes.
■ Private residences.
■ Health and Human Service
buildings.
■ No more than 25 percent of
overnight lodging facilities at state
parks.
■ No more than 50 percent of
beer gardens at state fairgrounds.
Lincoln rally targets
removal of land mines
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of the problem. It costs $3 to install a
land mine but $ 1,000 to remove one.
The Lincoln chapter of the United
Nations Association took its first step
Sunday afternoon at its Adopt-a
Landmine Kick-Off Rally at First
Plymouth Congregational Church, 20th
and D streets.
1 he campaign is in conjunction
with the northwest chapter of the
Adopt-A-Minefield organization,
located in Connecticut, which also
hopes to raise about $30,000 to de
mine an area in northwest Bosnia
called Velika Kladusa-, said Anita
Fussell, the Lincoln coordinator of the
Adopt-a-Minefield Campaign.
This area of land is about 60 acres
and should take about 22 weeks to
complete, she said.
Adopt-a-Minefield operates in five
countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia
Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia and
Mozambique. Sponsors can adopt an
area of land to de-mine in one of these
countries.
“We are asking the whole commu
nity to help, and hopefully, by the end
of November, we should have all the
money,” Fussell said.
Several local businesses were at the
rally, which drew about 30 supporters,
to demonstrate what they are doing for
the project. The Lincoln Literacy
Council, the Red Cross, the League of
Women Voters, the U.N. local chapter
and people involved with a new ele
mentary school curriculum project
were among those at the rally.
Fussell said if the entire city
worked together to raise money, the
thousands of people who die or are
injured by land mines each year could
decrease.
“Land mines never go away,” she
said. “They are there forever until you
dig them out.”
Gary Hill, who has been to Bosnia
about 20 times in the past few years,
spoke at the rally about the importance
of Adopt-a-Minefield. Hill went to
Bosnia as part of an effort to train
prison officials in the United Nations.
This is a critically important pro
ject that we have undertaken to help
clear out the land mines,” he said. “It’s
a very needed project.”
The land mines will be removed
mostly by dogs, which are trained to
sniff out any type of mines.
What most people go through when
they’re living in an area with a land
mine is fear and uncertainty, Hill said.
“Four, five, six, 10 or 20 years from
now, land mines that are not cleared can
still destroy people,” he said.
Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely also
attended the rally to make a proclama
tion. On behalf of the city, he dedicated
September as Adopt-a-Minefield
month. Even though it may seem like
Bosnia and the land-mine crisis are far
from Lincoln, Wesely said, it is still
important for people to help.
“When someone is hurt by land
mines, we have an obligation to do what
we can to help,” he said. “I’m here to
encourage the entire city to get behind
this and to make donations and private
help.”
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