Police say a man reported missing in February in Omaha was a homicide victim.
Police in Council Bluffs, Iowa, took a missing person report on 37-year-old Joseph Hellman, on Feb. 21. He was last seen in Omaha and the report was referred to Omaha police.
Omaha police told the Omaha World-Herald investigators determined Hellman was killed weeks earlier in Omaha. Police say investigators understood that Hellman died under suspicious circumstances but they couldn't classify it as a homicide until this week.
Police say they have a person of interest in custody on unrelated charges. Hellman's body hasn't been located.