Jim Walter stands for a portrait in front of his house, surrounded by his family in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
Jim Walter, of Omaha, walks into the car garage in his family’s plumbing business in Ralston, Neb., on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Jim spends time working on cars to keep him busy and connected to his family.
Jim Walter, right, inspects the underside of a truck with David Nicklaus, left, in the car garage in his family’s plumbing shop in Ralston, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.
Kasie Earnest, Jim Walter’s granddaughter, holds her phone with a photo of Linda Walter and Kasie’s son, Cooper Robinson, in Jim Walter’s house in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. The photo was taken in 2019.
Jim Walter looks around his kitchen in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. His late wife, Linda Walter, would spend hours cooking in the kitchen and was known in her family to be an exceptional cook.
Jim Walter sits on a recliner as he watches the Dallas Cowboys take on the New York Giants on Thanksgiving in his home in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. Although he wanted to spend Thanksgiving alone, he gets ready in between plays to go see his daughter, who called him and convinced him to come over for dinner.
Members of the Walter family laugh and smile after telling a story about the late Linda Walter in Jim Walter’s, right, home in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
Shelby Walter, Jim Walter’s granddaughter, holds up a framed photo of Jim and Linda Walter’s 51st wedding anniversary in Jim’s home in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. The photo was taken in December of 2021.
Amy Walter, center, Jim Walter’s daughter-in-law, holds her granddaughter, 2-month-old Emi Ramos, while her daughter, Shelby Walker, left, fixes a picture frame in Jim’s house in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
Amy Walter, Jim Walter’s daughter-in-law, center, helps her grandson Kylo Ramos, 5, center, and grand-nephews, Charles Robinson, left, 6, and Cooper Robinson, 5, right, hold a decorative “W” plastered with family photos in front of Jim's house in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
Shelby Walter, Jim Walter’s granddaughter, points to a frame with family photos in Jim’s house in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. The picture frame has a quote that reads, “Life takes us to unexpected places. Love brings us home.”
A photo of Gage Walter, right, and his siblings, Seth Walter, left, and Haley Walter, center, is displayed in Jim Walter’s house in Omaha, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. The photo was taken on Christmas in 2009.
A letter that Jim Walter wrote to his grandson, Gage Walter, lays on the coffee table in his home in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. The letter was written a few months after Gage Walter murdered Jim Walter’s wife, Linda Walter, and his mother-in-law, Marceline Teeters. A line in the letter reads, “My heart aches 24 hrs a day.” Jim has yet been able to deliver the letter to Gage.
Briana Lohrenz, Jim Walter’s granddaughter, right, holds the hand of her aunt, Jaime Kirschbaum, as she wipes a tear from her eye in Jim’s house in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Briana discovered her mother and grandmother, Linda Walter and Marceline Teeters, dead on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.
Jim Walter stands for a portrait in the doorway of his Omaha house, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.
