State v. Halsey

Sometime during the early morning hours of July 4, 1987, Ramona S. Vyhlidal was brutally beaten about the head and face and was choked while asleep in her trailer home in Bellwood, Nebraska. That morning, the victim was discovered lying on the floor of the trailer by her then 11-year-old daughter, Wendy. When Wendy asked what had happened, the victim said, “Benwashere,” and told Wendy to call an ambulance.

Wendy ran to Lawrence Bazer’s trailer home, which was nearby, and told the Bazers to call an ambulance. Bazer then went to the victim’s trailer home, where the victim told Bazer, “Ben did…