Kelly Robinson was 22-years-old when her body was found floating in gravel pit pond on Memorial Day 1984. Investigators allowed the case to go cold after being unable to prove their theory.
"I'm gonna be so, so happy," said his sister, Betty Ann Peltier Solano. "It's gonna be one of the happiest days in my life. I'll give him a big hug and a kiss."
This time, Michael Allan Carbo Jr. will be free to argue that another man was responsible for the 1986 death of Nancy Daugherty, a 38-year-old mother of two.
Joseph Eason, 42, and Daniel Eason, 37, both of Little Falls, have been sentenced for their roles in a homicide that took place in August 2023 near downtown Bemidji.
The judge said the injuries Douglas Swenson inflicted were "beyond what the court would normally see, even in murder cases," in sentencing him to 36.5 years, the uppermost end of the guidelines.
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.
