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The front door of the rectory where the Rev. Stephen Gutgsell's was fatally stabbed in tiny Fort Calhoun, Neb., on Dec. 10, 2023, remained wrapped in crime scene tape on Dec. 14, 2023. Josh Funk/AP Photo
FORT CALHOUN, Neb.—The grisly killings of a retiree and then a priest has shocked everyone in tiny Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, including Sheriff Mike Robinson.
He’s lived in the community just north of Omaha for 62 years and can’t recall a single homicide before these two.