GOODUE CO., Minn. (AP) — The bodies of three people who drowned in a southern Minnesota river are found by search crews after going missing over the Fourth of July weekend. The swimmers were part of a family gathering Monday night at Diamond Island on the Vermillion River, near the confluence with the Mississippi River, southeast of the Twin Cities….
UPDATE – A Florida man arrested for human smuggling after four bodies were found near the Canadian border has been released from jail without having to pay bond. Steve Shand is charged with transport or attempted transport of illegal immigrants. He is not charged in the deaths. A judge says Shand must obey several release conditions including surrendering his passport…
MANDAN, N.D. — Police responding to a medical call at a Mandan business on Monday found “several” bodies, authorities said. Police and Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department vehicles were responded to RJR Maintenance and Management. The Mandan Police Department issued a three-sentence news release confirming that officers had found “several people who were deceased inside” the business. Police did not say…
MENDOCINO, California — The Washington state family of eight whose car plunged from a California cliff this week had once lived in Alexandria, Minnesota. Authorities are searching the home of Jennifer and Sarah Hart in Washington where they moved in 2017. The Harts and their six adopted children are believed to have been killed in the crash Monday near Mendocino,…
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — The bodies of two people who went through the ice on Upper Red Lake have been recovered. 30-year-old Melissa Siedenstricker and 29-year-old Zeth Knyphausen had been reported missing late Sunday after they failed to return from a fishing trip. Authorities pulled their bodies from the water along with their ATV around 3 p.m. on Monday. The…
MENAHGA, Minn. — Family members are grieving after a series of tragedies, the latest being a murder-suicide in Menahga, Minnesota. Authorities said two bodies were found with gunshot wounds in a house just after midnight. Police wouldn’t tell concerned family members the names of two men found dead at 814 Oak Avenue Northeast. Sherrill Johnson is certain it was…
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. — Prosecutors say a White Bear Lake man lived with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for almost a year. Sixty-year-old James Kuefler is being charged with interference of a dead body after her neglected to tell police his relatives died of natural causes. These bodies were found last year, but Kuefler was…
JAMESTOWN, ND — Jamestown Police have confirmed the shooting deaths of a Jamestown couple are a murder suicide. Authorities say 26-year-old Cherish Petersen died of a gunshot to the back of the head. They say 33-year-old Casey Jensen died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A three-month-old baby found in the home was treated for dehydration and later released to family…
