Lyle E. Rachow
Name: Lyle E. Rachow
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/11/2000
Location:
GIbbon, Nebraska, 68840
County: Buffalo
Agency: Nebraska State Patrol, Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: A standoff began when officers went to a residence southwest of Gibbon to serve an arrest warrant to Lyle E. Rachow for violating a no-contact provision of his bond for sexual assault. At around 2 a.m., SWAT used tear gas to try to force Rachow out of a barn. Several minutes later, officers reportedly saw flames coming from the barn. They went inside and saw Rachow's body hanging. According to police, they tried to extinguish the flames and retrieve Rachow's body, but the fire spread too quickly.
Unique ID: 221
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