On May 10, 2025, at around 9.45 AM, the Nebraska State Patrol got a call to visit a home in Johnson Lake, Plum Creek Canyon. When they first arrived at the scene, they found all four people dead.
The residents were identified as Jeremy Koch, 42, and Bailey Koch, 41, and their children, Hudson, 18, and Asher, 16. The initial investigation revealed that Jeremy allegedly killed his sons and his wife before he took his own life.
Jeremy and Bailey had apparently set up a Facebook page called Anchoring Hope, which was meant to show others struggling with suicide that they were not alone. The two had been together for over 25 years. All four of them had been found with knife wounds at the scene.
Just a little while before the tragic incident, on May 9th, his wife posted on the Facebook page writing, “While today hasn’t been the greatest, since Jeremy had to fight suicidal thoughts off and on all day, he was able to get in to work from 7ish to 1:30 before he felt too exhausted to keep going. He headed home to rest, and I’m very proud of him for working as long as he did and checking a few things off his list.” The post went on to say the family appreciated the prayers and thoughts of people for them.