Cold Cases in Nebraska

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Nebraska, dated 2001 to 2012. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Jason Jolkowski (2001) and the most recent is Cari Farver (2012).

Status of the 2 cases in this index
  • Unsolved 1 (50%)
  • Solved or convicted 1 (50%)
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Homicide clearance in Nebraska, 1965 to 2024

2,993Homicides reported
536Not cleared
82%Clearance rate
63%US clearance rate, 1980 to 2024

A homicide is "cleared" when police make an arrest or close it by exceptional means, so an uncleared case is not always an unsolved one. Source: Murder Accountability Project analysis of FBI Uniform Crime Report data, as published by Project: Cold Case. These are statewide totals and are separate from the ColdCaseIndex entries listed below.

By type

1 Missing Person1 Homicide

All Nebraska cases

Conviction 2012

Cari Farver

Cari Farver, a 37-year-old programmer, disappeared from the Omaha area in November 2012. Her body was never found, but Shanna 'Liz' Golyar was convicted in 2017 after impersonating Farver online for years in an elaborate…

Omaha Homicide Age 37
Unsolved 2001

Jason Jolkowski

Jason Anthony Jolkowski, 19, vanished on the morning of June 13, 2001, while walking about eight blocks from his Omaha home toward Benson High School, where a coworker was to pick him up for a shift at a nearby restaurant.

Omaha Missing Person Age 19