On May 10, four bodies were discovered inside a lakeside Nebraska home by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities believe that Jeremy Koch, 42, killed his wife, Bailey Koch, and their two sons, Hudson, 18, and Asher, 16, before taking his own life in what is being treated as an apparent murder-suicide.
Allegedly, Jeremy was battling depression since 2009 and had attempted to commit suicide several times over the years. Bailey even started a
His mental health declined in March, when Bailey awoke to him standing over her bed with a knife, saying, “Something is wrong.” She was able to talk him to access a round of electroconvulsive therapy, which sadly didn’t help him much.
“It didn’t work. Jeremy became a shell of himself,” Bailey wrote at the time.
“I have no pride left. Mental illness is taking my husband from me, and I’m begging you to open your eyes and see the reality that is this society’s mental health crisis.”
“Our boys are doing well living their lives, and for that, we are thankful,” Bailey wrote. “Please just pray Jeremy is able to somehow be with us on Saturday for our oldest son’s high school graduation.”
Authorities determined that Bailey and her sons were stabbed with a knife.
Bailey Koch was a special education teacher at Holdrege Public Schools, who issued a statement shortly after the tragedy took place, writing, “Our hearts are with everyone impacted by a tragic event that has deeply affected us all.”
In an open letter posted on the social media, Bailey’s father, Lane Kugler, who found the dead bodies of his daughter, grandsons and son-in-law, expressed his anger over the tragedy.
“Jeremy had been fighting mental illness for many, many years,” Kugler wrote. “His depression had turned into psychosis. It was not Jeremy who committed this horrific act. It was a sick mind.”
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Attorney General Pam Bondi went on the offensive Tuesday as Senate Democrats grilled her about the Jeffrey Epstein case and other matters.
Facing months of criticism over her July 6 memo recommending against further public disclosures in the Epstein prosecution, she turned the tables on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sen. Dick Durbin.
When Whitehouse asked, “How many of those Treasury Suspicious Activity Reports did you or Director Patel investigate?”, Bondi struck back: “Senator, I’m not sure if you’re concerned because you took money, I believe, did you, from Reid Hoffman, not only once, but twice in 2018 and 2024.”
Whitehouse pressed again, asking whether the FBI had found photos of President Trump with young women among Epstein’s materials. Bondi fired back: “Senator Whitehouse, you sit here and make salacious remarks trying to slander President Trump when you’re the one who was taking money from one of Epstein’s closest confidants, and the senator sitting right next to you, Durbin, tried to block the flight logs from being released.”
Durbin questioned Bondi next: “Why was the July 7 memo unsigned?” Bondi replied: “Why did you fight to not disclose the flight logs, Senator Durbin?” Durbin countered: “I did not refuse. One of the senators here wished to produce those logs, and I asked her to put it in writing, and she never did.”
Bondi then confronted Durbin over crime in his own state: “I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump. If you’re not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.” The line drew widespread attention across the chamber and beyond.
Durbin accused Bondi of transforming the Department of Justice into an instrument of Trump’s will. In his opening statement, he said, “In eight short months, you have fundamentally transformed the Justice Department, left an enormous stain in American history. It will take decades to recover.”
Bondi defended her stewardship, saying the DOJ was returning to its core mission of fighting real crime and insisted, “We’re ending the weaponization of justice.”
Throughout the hearing, Bondi pushed back against Democratic attacks. When asked about withholding Epstein files, she revived her point about donations from Reid Hoffman, claiming Democrats were themselves aligned with Epstein associates.
She also criticized Democratic senators for failing to act previously. When questioned about Merrick Garland’s performance as Attorney General, Bondi retorted, “Did you ask Garland any of this over the last four years when he sat before you?”
On the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, Durbin challenged Bondi on executive overreach. Bondi did not back down: “You voted to shut down the government. Our law enforcement officers are not being paid,” she said, before pivoting, “They’re on their way to Chicago. If you’re not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.”
In that same exchange, she repeated, “I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump.”
Bondi also traded barbs with Sen. Blumenthal, calling him “someone who lied about being in the military just to be a senator.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn intervened when Durbin claimed no written request was made for the flight logs. “You know that I submitted that in writing,” she said, “and you continue to misrepresent that, and I am not going to let that record stand.”
Other sharp moments included Bondi accusing Whitehouse of hypocrisy for pushing allegations about Trump while being linked to Epstein associates herself. She said, “You sit here and make salacious remarks when you’re the one who was taking money from Reid Hoffman.”
When Whitehouse repeated his question, Bondi declined to answer further, instead focusing on attacking his credibility.
Durbin pressed Bondi about her handling of DOJ leadership changes, her firing of career officials, and her justification for actions involving Chicago and Newark.
In response, she invoked crime statistics, arguing that federal intervention was necessary in failing cities.
Republicans on the committee supported Bondi’s posture, applauding her aggressive defense of Trump’s agenda and asserting that these confrontations were long overdue.
Observers noted her readiness to fire back with prepared attack lines. Her tactics, though harsh, underscored the partisan nature of the hearing.
By the end of the hearing, it was clear Bondi did not intend to be a passive witness. She took the fight directly to her opponents.