Brianne Smith

Brianne Smith

Homicide

Brianne Smith
25 YOA
Disappeared from Omaha, NE
Body found in roadside ditch
Glenwood, IA
Mills County (jurisdiction)
June 10, 2006

Case summary by Jody Ewing

Mills County in Iowa

Glenwood in Mills County

Brianne Smith, a 25-year-old mother of two, disappeared from Omaha, Neb., in April 2006. Her body was discovered in a Mills County, Iowa, roadside ditch west of Glenwood on June 10, 2006. She had been dead for three to 10 weeks.

Smith, who’d worked as a prostitute in Omaha, was identified through fingerprints.

Authorities believe her death is connected to that of Debra Ann Barajas, also of Omaha.

The Mills County Sheriff’s office and the Omaha Police Department continue to investigate both cases.

Brianne Smith was born August 22, 1980.

More information coming soon.

Sources:

• “Body Identified: Omaha woman’s remains found in ditch,” WOWT Channel 6, Omaha, July 18, 2006
• Social Security Death Index