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Case Description

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In the early hours of April 7, 2026, the community of Osceola, Nebraska, lost a beloved member. Brian Patrick Gabel, a 44-year-old local business owner and father of three, was found deceased at his place of business south of Shelby. His death was not an accident but the first act in a violent series of events that would end in another's death. The man identified as the suspect was 40-year-old Wesley Absher.

Investigators pieced together a grim timeline that began when Absher traveled to ...Read More

Victim Details

Brian Gabel

Male

White / Caucasian

Shelby

NE

2026-04-07

44

Brian

Gabel

05/03/2026