Man Sentenced to Life in Prison Dies Monday

A Nebraska inmate sentenced to life in prison for murder died Monday. According to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, Russell Harms, 64, died Monday morning at the Reception and Treatment Center. Harms began his life sentence on Oct. 11, 2000. He was sentenced on charges of first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony out of Nemaha County. According to court documents, Harms shot to death Tennyson Kelsay, 84, in a shopping center parking lot in Auburn, NE, in December 1999. The victim is the grandfather to two Husker football legends Chris & Chad Kelsay. Harms shot Tennyson 15 times with a semiautomatic rifle. Harms’ cause of death has not been determined. According to the Department of Correctional Services, whenever an inmate dies in their custody, a grand jury conducts an investigation.