Authorities find probable cause in assisted suicide case

The case against a 53-year-old Cheyenne County woman accused of assisting her husband’s suicide will move forward in district court this week.

Two deputies from the Cheyenne County sheriff’s office testified at a preliminary hearing in the case in Cheyenne County court Friday. Deann Kimble, of Sidney is charged with assisting suicide and concealing human skeletal remains, both class four felonies. The court found that the offenses for which the defendant is charged did occur and that there is probable cause that the defendant committed them.

Kimble’s arraignment in Cheyenne County di...