A heart-breaking end to the search

They searched desperately, until, just 15 feet away, there they were – Jennifer and Kourtney – huddled tightly together in the snow in an alley off Center Street. Kourtney was on top of Jennifer as if shielding her against the cold because she had taken off her coat.

“Help my sister.”

According to 1997 Omaha World-Herald article, Sgt. William Muldoon recalled how harrowing the moment was when they finally discovered the little girls. “The one was covering and huddling over the other,” he said. “She (Kourtney) said, ‘Help my sister.’”