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Jose Silva-Esparza

Case from Omaha, NE dated Feb 05, 2008

Victim Details

Jose Silva-Esparza

March 28, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Omaha

NE

2008-02-05

2008-02-05

18

Jose

Silva-Esparza

06/28/2026


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Jose Manuel Silva-Esparza, 18, a Hispanic/Latino male, was found shot to death on February 5, 2008, inside a duplex at 3125 South 16th Street in South Omaha. He was discovered alongside his cousin, 34-year-old Francisco Lemus-Torres. Both men had recently come to Omaha from Arizona, looking for work and sharing the residence where the killings occurred. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire, and police identified the scene as a double homicide that Tuesday afternoon.

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