A Texas man will spend at least four decades behind bars for killing his girlfriend during a trip to Nebraska for work. Bryan Jeselink was sentenced to 40 to 55 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony in the death of 24-year-old Billie Meadows, who was found with multiple gunshot wounds near North Bend in April 2025 and later died.
According to KETV, investigators said Jeselink and Meadows had been in a relationship for more than a year at the time of her death. WOWT reported that Jeselink entered a no-contest plea on Aug. 21, 2026. KETV reported that the sentence was handed down on Oct. 22, 2026.
Meadows was transported from a crash scene near Highway 30 and County Road 5 in Dodge County to Methodist Fremont Health and then to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, where she died, according to WOWT. The station reported that Meadows had been shot multiple times, according to the Dodge County Sheriff's report.
A Plea Deal Narrowed the Charges
The station's report noted that the case began with a far more serious charge. The initial first-degree murder count was reduced to second-degree murder as part of the plea agreement, while three charges of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and one charge each of unlawful or intentional discharge of a firearm, tampering with evidence, and false reporting were all dropped, per the same account.
Medical staff said Meadows had around five gunshot wounds and a possible laceration to her neck before she was pronounced dead at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the paper reported.
Blood-Covered Hands at the Traffic Stop
Jeselink told law enforcement that he shot Meadows while the two were arguing over money, according to the Norfolk Daily News. He was arrested after deputies stopped a white Jeep on Highway 30 on April 12, 2025, and found his hands covered in blood, according to an affidavit cited by the newspaper.
Reports have differed on Jeselink's exact age. The Norfolk Daily News identified him as 40 in its report on his no-contest plea, while a WOWT report published Aug. 21, 2026, identified him as 39 at the time of his arrest.
