'He'll never see the light of day': Man killed mother of 2 just hours after he was released on charges related to prior attack

A Nebraska antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for breaking into his ex-fiancee's ain location and sidesplitting her wrong days of bonding retired of jailhouse for charges related to a anterior attack.

In February of this year, Casey Kindt, 55, pleaded nary contention to 8 felony counts and 3 misdemeanors helium faced for the February 2025 murder of 36-year-old Jamie Hagen.

Under the presumption of the plea deal, prosecutors lowered 1 number of first-degree execution to 1 number of second-degree murder.

In turn, Seward County District Judge James Stecker recovered the suspect blameworthy of murder, 3 firearm counts, 2 kid maltreatment counts, and 1 number each of burglary, tampering with a witness, terroristic threats, home violence, and violating a extortion order.

On Tuesday, the tribunal sentenced the suspect to a minimum of 88 years and six months successful prison, with the anticipation of beingness down bars.

The sentencing yet encapsulated and wrapped up 3 abstracted cases related to the brutal maltreatment and execution of the victim.

Hagen's stepmother praised the culmination of the cases against the slayer successful comments to Lincoln-based CBS affiliate KOLN.

"Eighty-eight and a fractional years," she said. "He'll ne'er spot the airy of time oregon state ever again. Justice served. It is enough."

The underlying incidental occurred precocious connected the nighttime of Feb. 8, 2025, astatine Hagen's location connected North 2nd Street successful Seward, a tiny municipality located connected the acold occidental borderline of the broader Lincoln metro area.

Kindt broke into his ex's house, past changeable and killed her, with the extremity of taking his ain life. But contempt a "significant" wounded from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled to his ain head, the slayer survived.

Investigators said the would-be suicidal blast failed due to the fact that the slug fragmented upon making interaction with Kindt's skull — though portion of the projectile lodged successful the defendant's brain.

Kindt exited the residence but was rapidly intercepted connected the spot by the Nebraska State Patrol, who had responded to a telephone astir a disturbance astatine astir 11:45 p.m. connected the nighttime successful question.

Troopers recovered Hagen successful a chamber with aggregate gunshot wounds. The unfortunate was pronounced dormant astatine the country of the crime.

The woman's obituary remembers her fondly:

Jamie worked for Region V arsenic a Developmental Support Specialist. In her escaped time, she enjoyed spending clip with her household and friends. She liked reptiles, tattoos, art, swimming and going to the beach. Jamie considered the full assemblage of Seward to beryllium her family, the astir important of which were her daughters[.]

One of Hagen's children was besides successful the residence astatine the clip of the fatal violence. The miss was not harmed and made the archetypal 911 call.

At the clip of the incident, Hagen had a protective bid retired against Kindt, issued aft their romanticist narration ended. Hagen had filed for the protective bid 2 days aft Kindt assaulted and threatened the unfortunate and 1 of her daughters successful precocious December 2024.

During that earlier incident, the suspect was arrested aft helium shoved Hagen into shelving, doors and walls, according to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.

The since-convicted antheral antecedently threatened to sprout his eventual unfortunate and said, "I volition platform you, I volition f—ing extremity you."

Then, aft helium bonded out, Kindt contacted Hagen done an intermediary connected Jan. 4, 2025. The intermediary forwarded texts from Kindt that said helium had thing "important" to archer her. The antheral discussed however helium ne'er turned the pistillate successful for "child neglect and SNAP payment fraud." Kindt said Hagen could marque the charges "go distant if she wanted to," the affidavit said. Hagen showed the messages to constabulary who past arrested him.

The suspect posted $75,000 enslaved connected Feb. 7, 2025.

Hagen was changeable and killed the adjacent day.

David Harris contributed to this report.