Family of Johnson Lake victims: ‘Mental illness killed them — not Jeremy’

The family of Bailey, Hudson, Asher and Jeremy Koch is speaking out after the weekend tragedy in Johnson Lake, calling it a failure of the nation’s mental health system and urging urgent change.

May 11, 2025Updated: May 12, 2025

By News Channel Nebraska

Regional

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Family of Johnson Lake victims: ‘Mental illness killed them — not Jeremy’

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Kearney-Chicago flights return with daily service

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