Drew Nelson
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 1 Apr
Drew Nelson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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A Kansas community is mourning the loss of a young teacher remembered for her warmth, her joy, and a love so visible that friends say it radiated in the color yellow.
Rebecca Ruber was 28 years old.
She taught second grade at Riverside Elementary School in Emporia.
On Monday evening, a somber prayer service filled the city as family, friends, co-workers, and students gathered to honor her life.
Those who knew Ruber say she had a rare way of making people feel seen and accepted.
Speaking with WIBW, fellow second grade teacher Brandi Taylor described her as someone whose presence immediately put others at ease.
Taylor says Ruber loved her students deeply and created a classroom built on kindness.
She even had a nickname for them, calling them Ruber's Goobers.
Taylor says Ruber never judged anyone and treated every person with the same care.
Emporia police say Ruber was last seen late Friday night after leaving the town royal bar following what investigators described as a minor verbal disagreement with a friend.
Surveillance video showed her walking alone.
Her body was later found in the woods about 300 yards from where she was last seen.
Authorities say early indications suggest Ruber may have died from hypothermia during the heavy snow that moved through the area.
Police say there are no signs of foul play.
An autopsy is pending.
At the prayer service, Ruber's brother Aaron Ruber spoke about the sister he grew up with.
Aaron Ruber says his sister's capacity for forgiveness and love was unmatched, even toward people who had treated her poorly.
At Riverside Elementary, staff and students are finding ways to keep her memory alive, planning to plant a flower garden in her honor.
A Florida woman convicted of killing her terminally ill husband inside a hospital room is now speaking publicly three years after the shooting that triggered a lockdown and an hours-long standoff at the hospital.
Ellen Gilland is 79.
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