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In a tragic turn of events on a Saturday evening in South Bend, Indiana, Helen Higginbotham, a 71-year-old female, lost her life in a violent encounter. The incident, which unfolded on November 3, 2018, was later determined by the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit to be a murder-suicide.

The perpetrator was identified as Higginbotham's 76-year-old ex-husband, Edward Zelasko. On that fateful evening at a residence on West Prairie Avenue, Zelasko fatally shot Higginbotham. In addition t ...Read More
Victim Details

Helen Higginbotham

Female

White / Caucasian

South-bend

IN

2018-11-03

71

Helen

Higginbotham

12/16/2025