The body of a missing man was found in a Nebraska chimney last week – more than a month after mysterious screams for help were heard inside the building.
The victim was identified Wednesday as Zachariah Andrews, 29, who had an arrest warrant issued against him more than two weeks after he went missing, police said.
Andrews’ body was found on October 19 when a maintenance worker was investigating a foul smell coming from an apartment chimney in Norfolk, a city 110 miles northwest of Omaha.
The worker found what appeared to be a human shoe dangling from a trunk, police told the Norfolk Daily News.
Andrews was last seen alive on September 15 but was not reported missing for another 19 days.
Police have identified the body of a person found in a chimney in a Norfolk apartment building as 29-year-old Zachariah Andrews. Courtesy photo
A day after Andrews was last seen, Norfolk police received a call from a resident inside the apartment building claiming they heard mysterious screams.
“The resident reported that he heard a man yelling for help and it appeared to be coming from the first floor,” police said in a statement.
When officers arrived, the strange screaming had stopped.
A maintenance worker at the building found Andrews’ body while investigating the source of the foul smell. Madison County Sheriff’s Department, Nebraska/Facebook
Police searched the property and spoke to multiple residents, none of whom heard pleas for help, so officers left without finding the source of the screams – seemingly leaving Andrews to die in the chimney.
Andrews was officially reported missing on October 3, the same day the Madison County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest on seven counts of violating a protective order.
Over the past few months, Andrews has repeatedly posted on his Facebook page in an attempt to reach an unnamed woman, with several friends warning him to let her go and one advising him to remember what he learned “in treatment.”
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In one post, Andrews claimed police raided her “love letters” to her before telling her his goals to be with her were “unrealistic.”
“I kind of want to prove them wrong,” he wrote in May.
Andrews was also charged in 2018 for allegedly trying to lure a 12-year-old girl who was trying to sell swimwear on Facebook.
In the text conversation, he allegedly offered her to visit his place for a drink and “see what happens,” along with more sexual comments, according to Siouxland Proud.
He is also accused of resisting arrest by kicking police officers when they tried to arrest him for assaulting another man in April last year.
While she was missing, a parking warning was placed on her car – which was right in front of the apartment building she was stuck inside.
“I can’t imagine how you feel trapped but now you’re free my brotha, free in god [sic] hands! Spread your wings angel,” friend Josh Isenbart wrote on Facebook.
“I will cherish every day I have with you there until we meet again my friend, you are no longer suffering and are now in the best place for you.”
Police believe Andrews’ death was accidental, but are still investigating.
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