Rachel Christine Ham, 32, was found shot to death on the night of May 31, 2017, in Omaha, Nebraska. Officers responded about 9:30 p.m. to a disturbance near 16th and Yates, by a homeless encampment north of downtown, and discovered Ham lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the back of her head; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family identified Ham as a longtime Omaha resident who grew up in nearby Plattsmouth. Her mother, Jamie Lesley, said Ham had recently moved into an apartment and was trying to get on a better path; memorial and cemetery listings record her birthdate as July 2, 1984, and note she had worked as a waitress. Investigators arrested 53-year-old Ernesto Lugo the next morning; prosecutors said a fight preceded the shooting and charged Lugo with murder and use of a firearm, and a judge ruled he would stand trial.

Local reports said the killing was the third homicide in that area within eighteen months and prompted calls from family and clergy for safety around the camp where she died. Does anyone have information about Rachel’s last movements or the encampment near 16th and Yates?