on Saturday, May 10.

After accessing the property in Johnson Lake, Plum Creek Canyon, Nebraska, authorities found the family members deceased. All four had sustained knife wounds.

Jeremy and Bailey had previously set up a Facebook page called Anchoring Hope, intended to help support individuals struggling with suicidal thoughts. The two had been together for over 25 years.

The family’s relatives, meanwhile, have said that Jeremy Koch’s own mental health issues date back to at least 2009 and included multiple suicide attempts.

As recently as May 3, Bailey wrote that her husband had survived no less than four suicide attempts, while he was undergoing treatment to aid his mental health. In March, 2025, she said she woke to her husband standing over her with a knife, saying: “Something is wrong.” On that occasion, she was able