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4th Person Sentenced In Killing of Moorhead Teen in 2020

March 28, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Brandon ErbstoesserMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is sentenced to five years of supervised probation for his role in the murder of 19-year-old Dystynee Avery in 2020. 35-year-old Brandon Erbstoesser entered an Alford plea to a count of aiding an offender, acknowledging a jury could find him guilty based on the evidence. He was given credit for serving a…

Human Remains at Clay County Landfill Identified as Dystynee Avery, Fourth Person Charged in Murder

Avery was last seen on April 3.

April 27, 2020

MOORHEAD, Minn.–The human remains found in the Clay County Landfill on April 22 have been identified as those of Dystynee Avery. Avery was last seen on April 3. Twenty-seven-year-old Ethan Broad has been charged with second degree murder. Broad admitted to killing and dismembering Avery’s body and placing the body parts in dumpsters near his apartment. Three additional people have…