In the late summer of 2013, the quiet life of Paul Riederer, a 74-year-old Caucasian male, came to a tragic and unexpected end. On August 20, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska, Riederer was found deceased, and the circumstances surrounding his death were deemed a homicide. The investigation into his murder began at the scene located at 2700 Saint Marys Avenue, but initially, authorities had no suspects and the case grew cold.
For years, the question of who was responsible for Riederer's death remained unanswered, leaving a void in the community and a file in the cold case unit of the Omaha Police Department.
The case, while not forgotten, lay dormant for a number of years. The initial investigation yielded few leads, and the name of his killer remained a mystery. The lack of a named suspect meant that for a long time, there was no sense of justice for Paul Riederer. His case was one of several that detectives continued to work on, hoping for a breakthrough that would lead them to the person responsible for his untimely death. The passage of time did little to diminish the desire for answers and for someone to be held accountable for the crime.
A significant development in the case finally emerged in November of 2020. The Omaha Police Department announced that they had secured an arrest warrant for a suspect. The individual identified was Bernard B.J. Turner Jr. At the time the warrant was issued, Turner was already incarcerated in a Phoenix prison. Authorities also revealed that Turner was a person of interest in other murder cases, suggesting a pattern of violent crime. This breakthrough brought renewed hope that justice for Paul Riederer might finally be within reach, years after his life was cut short.
