ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Unsolved missing persons and death cases leave many questions for families, friends and law enforcement alike.
As 2024 draws to a close, it marks another year where the questions go unanswered for some St. Cloud area investigations.
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St. Cloud LIVE reached out to area law enforcement and Tri-County Crime Stoppers to ask about unsolved area crimes. They suggested missing persons and homicide cases that are still active. These are just some of the cases that law enforcement agencies are working on.
La’Darian Broadnax: Shooting death, 2019
DETAILS: La’Darian D’Vonte Broadnax, 24, of St. Cloud, was shot and killed on July 20, 2019, according to a St. Cloud Police report. Officers said Broadnax was shot in the 300 block of the alley between Fourth and Fifth Avenues South.
- Police said they received a report of a person with a gun around 3:30 a.m. Officers found Broadnax with a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the alley, according to the report.
- Police said there had been a party in a nearby apartment and an altercation started outside the apartment.
- No suspects have been arrested in connection to Broadnax’s death.
REWARD: $5,000
TIPS: Call St. Cloud Police Department at 320-251-1200.
Ronnie Bromenschenkel and Cynthia Schmidt: Missing, 1986
DETAILS: Ronnie Leo Bromenschenkel, 26, and Cynthia Mae Schmidt, 18, were last seen at Riverview Trailer Court in St. Cloud on Aug. 6, 1986, according to Tri-County Crime Stoppers.
- The pair was allegedly involved in a money laundering scheme before their disappearance, which law enforcement believes may have contributed to their disappearance, according to Tri-County Crime Stoppers.
- Investigators suspect foul play, according to Tri-County Crime Stoppers.
TIPS: Call St. Cloud Police at 320-251-1200.
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Roseanna 'Rose' Marie Forcum and April Nicole Geyer: Missing, 1998
Details: Roseanna “Rose” Marie Forcum, 15, and April Nicole Geyer, 21, were last seen sometime between Aug. 12-14, 1998, according to Tri-County Crime Stoppers. Law enforcement believe they disappeared after attending a party in St. Paul.
- Forcum, who was from St. Cloud, last had contact with her family on Aug. 10, 1998, according to her missing person’s report.
- Geyer has been missing since Aug. 12, 1998, according to her missing person’s report. On Aug. 14, her family reported her missing to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office.
- In 2000, a confidential informant told St. Paul police that Forcum and Geyer were strangled in a St. Paul apartment, according to a 2016 Pioneer Press report. The informant said he and the killer buried the bodies outside of Wadena, the report said.
- Law enforcement searched the area where the two girls were allegedly buried but found nothing.
Thomas Lee: Missing, 1993
DETAILS: Thomas Timothy Lee, 41, was last seen at 6:30 p.m. on June 16, 1993, in St. Cloud, according to the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office. His family reported him missing two days later, on June 18.
- Lee’s landlord entered his St. Augusta residence on June 17 and told law enforcement that Lee, who lived alone, was not home nor did it look like he had been there recently.
- According to law enforcement, Lee in 1993 was 6 feet tall, weighed about 150 pounds, had brown hair, and green eyes when he disappeared. Lee also has a scar between his eyes.
TIPS: Contact Stearns County Sheriff's Office Investigator Scott Romstad at 320-259-3734 or Lieutenant Zach Sorenson at 320-259-3732.
How to help
If you know information about these or any other ongoing cases, submit a tip to law enforcement.
- Tri-County Crime Stoppers: Online at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org or use the 24-hour tip line at 800-255-1301.
- Stearns County Sheriff’s Office: Call 320-251-4240 or go to stearnscountymn.gov/620/Submit-A-Tip .
- St. Cloud Police Department: Call 320-251-1200.
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