Nebraska prosecutors to pursue death penalty in only one of two grisly small-town killings

FILE - The front door of the rectory where the Rev. Stephen Gutgsell's was fatally stabbed on Dec. 10, 2023, in tiny Fort Calhoun, Neb., remained wrapped in crime scene tape on Dec. 14. Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty in the December killing of the Catholic priest inside his home, but they are pursuing execution in the brutal killing of a retiree during a break-in that happened in the same tiny Nebraska town four months earlier. FILE - The isolated home where Linda Childers was killed...