Jared ScheierlSTEARNS COUNTY, MN — A Minnesota man who was molested decades ago by the man who killed Jacob Wetterling has been awarded over $17 million. Jared Scheierl was 12 when he was molested by Danny Heinrich in 1989 in Cold Spring. In 2016, Heinrich admitted to sexually assaulting Scheierl and to abducting, molesting and killing Jacob as part of a…
Miguel Cooley Sr.FARGO, ND — The preliminary hearing for a Moorhead man charged with the murder of a man outside of a McDonald’s has been pushed back. Miguel Cooley made a brief appearance in Cass County District Court Wednesday morning. His attorney, Steven Mottinger, asked for more time to review evidence. The judge granted his request but a new hearing date…
SPIRIT LAKE RESERVATION — Suspects in the murder of 27-year-old Carla Yellowbird plead guilty to murder and robbery charges. 21-year-old Daylin St. Pierre pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Felony Murder. 24-year-old Dakota Charboneau pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder. In 2016, Yellowbird went to Spirit Lake to sell drugs. After being driven to a remote location on…
JAMESTOWN, ND — A man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-wife in Jamestown last spring. Authorities say 25-year-old Nicole Gututala-Hoff was found shot to death in a vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment building on May 12. Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Hoff turned himself in a short time later. Hoff could face up to life in prison without parole…
BARRON, WI — A funeral will be held this weekend for a Wisconsin couple who were shot dead in their home last week. Their 13-year-old daughter is still missing. Services for James and Denise Closs will held Saturday in Cameron, next to the couple’s hometown of Barron. Deputies responding to a 911 call on October 15 found the couple dead in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – The missing child of a man charged in a Fargo murder turns himself into Moorhead Police. Authorities have been for 16–year–old Morgan Cooley ever since his mother Izetta was arrested in Moorhead for kidnapping and violating a child custody order. She’s accused of taking two of her children from a foster home in Rose Creek, Minnesota. Her husband,…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A St. Cloud man is accused of strangling a woman in his basement because he believed God told him to. 38-year-old Daniel Kenning faces one felony count of second-degree murder for the weekend death of 45-year-old Jennifer Moy of Blaine. Kenning told police that he met Moy at a wedding. He drove her back to his house,…
FARGO, N.D. — After being on the run for a week, Christopher Riley, who’s accused of shooting his father, was arrested in Lindenwood Park. Police say Riley was found in the gray Dodge pickup truck from the crime scene. He was taken into custody without incident. Parkgoers say they were shocked to find a man wanted for murder in a family-friendly…
FARGO, N.D. — The jury in William Hoehn’s trial comes back with a “not guilty” verdict. Hoehn was facing a conspiracy to commit murder charge in the death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind. Hoehn took a deep breath after hearing those words and then started to choke up. It only took a little over a day for the jury to come to…
FARGO, N.D. — The defense rests its case in William Hoehn’s murder trial, but not before two more witnesses take the stand, including the defendant himself. The other included Jennifer Robinson. She and Hoehn’s former girlfriend Brooke Crews were inmates together at the Dakota Women’s Correctional facility last year. The two became close but Robinson says Crews lied to her about…
