Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ACISS Investigative Supplement 1980000335/1 Report Date: 06/27/2014 Primary Information Description: Investigation into the identification of Jane Doe. Reporting LEO: Anderson, Micheal (1353 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Approval Status: Approved Approved Date: 09/23/2014 Approved By: Woodford, Derek (1317 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Agency Reference Numbers Agency Case/File Number Minnesota BCA Forensic Laboratory - St. Paul 790-2453 Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office 80-491 Federal Bureau of Investigations 301 -MP-64953 Federal Bureau of Investigations 040629016 PO ME Faribault County Sheriff?s Office 1980-417 Synopsis On 06I27I14, the MN BCA along with the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office began conducting additional investigation into determining the identification of "Jane Doe" who was the victim of a homicide in Faribault County in May, 1980. No Evidence was generated by virtue of this report (Please see related narrative report for additional details). Idress #1 - Occurred #1 - Riverside Cemetery Primary Information Address: Riverside Cemetery, BLUE EARTH, Minnesota United States Subject #1 - VICTIM #1 - Doe, Jane Primary Information Race: White Record Type: Person Subject Name: Doe, Jane Sex: Female Juvenile: NO Subject #2 - SUSPECT #1 - NELSON, ROBERT LEROY Primary Information Race: White Record Type: Person Subject Name: NELSON, ROBERT LEROY Sex: Male Birth Date: 08/08/1946 Age: 68 Juvenile: NO 04/09/2015 10:21 ACISS software licensed by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Page 1 of 4 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ACISS Investigative Supplement 1980000335/1 Report Date: 06/27/2014 Record Status Information Record Origination Operator: Record Origination Date: Last Update Operator: Last Update Date: 07I10I2014 14:33 09/23/2014 14:45 Anderson, Micheal (1353 SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Woodford, Derek (1317 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Reporting LEO Date Supervisor Date Anderson, Micheal (1353 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Woodford, Derek (1317 I SRO - Homicidel Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) 4/9/2015 Narrative begins on the following page. mmcCIell 04/09/2015 10:21 ACISS software licensed by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Page 2 of 4 On 06/27/14, SA Anderson along with other members of the MN BCA and the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office began discussing investigative steps that could be taken to identify ?Jane Doe? whose remains are buried in Blue Earth, MN. Jane Doe was found murdered in 1980 and her remains are currently unidentified. Robert Leroy Nelson pled guilty to the murder of Jane Doe after he had confessed subsequent to being arrested in the State of Texas charges related to sexual assault. Nelson is currently serving concurrent sentences in the State of Texas. In 2004 a Mitochondrial DNA Profile had been established by the FBI in 2004 related to the investigation to Jane Doe. Apparently some hair samples that were believed to be collected at the time of Jane Doe?s processing were submitted to the FBI for analysis. A review of the FBI Report on that profile indicated that the profile belonged to a male individual and therefore cannot be an accurate profile for Jane Doe. (Please see attached FBI Mitochondrial Lab Report). On 07/09/14, SA Anderson had a preliminary meeting with Sheriff Mike Gormely, Chief Deputy Scott Adams, Investigator Mark Purvis, County Attorney Troy Timmerman, Bob Kennedy, and Deb Anderson. Details of an exhumation were discussed and Deb Anderson indicated that she could arrange for in kind donations or other monetary donations to pay for the exhumation of the remains. On 07/21/14, SA Anderson along with Sheriff Mike Gamely, Chief Deputy Scott Adams, Investigator Mark Purvis, Lab Director Kathy Knutson, Lab Supervisors Ann Gross and Kris Deters, along with CST Coordinator Lindsey Garfield met at BCA HQ in Saint Paul to work out arrangements for actually documenting and collecting forensic samples related to the exhumation of Jane Doe. SA Shafer subsequently arranged for the Southern MN Regional Medical Examiner?s Of?ce to hold the body of Jane Doe for the period of time needed to collect and document relevant forensic evidence. The Southern MN Regional Medical Examiner?s Office also agreed to conduct any needed scans or examinations of the body of Jane Doe. On 07/30/14, District Court Judge Douglas Richards signed the court order authorizing the exhumation of Jane Doe so that further investigation into her identity may be conducted. (Please see attached Exhumation Order and Disinterment Permit for additional details). At approximately 0900 hours on 08/12/14, a briefing was held at the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office regarding the exhumation of Jane Doe. At approximately 0930 hours, the exhumation was commenced by Gary Sunken of Drainage. The process was photo documented by SA Lehman of the MN BCA. At approximately 1035 hours, the vault containing Jane Doe was removed and transported to the shop located at Riverside Cemetery. At approximately 0955 hours, the body of Jane Doe which was contained in a body bag inside the vault was removed and placed inside a new body bag. The body of Jane Doe was subsequently transported to the Southern MN Regional Medical Examiner?s Office in Rochester for examination by John R. Kennedy of Patton Funeral Home. Subsequently examinations and photographs were conducted by the Southern MN Regional Medical Examiner?s Office, the MN BCA Forensic Laboratory, and Forensic Anthropologist Susan Myster. (Please see related reports for additional details). (Please also see related documents, reports, and photographs for additional details). Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ACISS Crime Scene Supplement 1980000335/2 Report Date: 08/12/2014 Primary Information Description: Occurence From: Occurence To: Reporting LEO: Approval Status: Approved Date: Approved By: Crime Scene - Photograph exhumation of Jane Doe 08I12I2014 00:00 08I12I2014 00:00 Lehman, Lance (1369 I SRO - Crime Scene I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Approved 09I15I2014 O'Donnell, William (1328 I SRO - Crime Scene I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Response Information Time Call Received: Time Arrived: Time Completed: Location Of Service 1: 08I12I2014 00:00 08I12I2014 09:30 08I12I2014 11:20 Riverside Cemeteary Blue Earth MN Weather Upon Arrival: WARM Work Status: COMPLETE Call Received By: PHONE Investigator: Anderson, Micheal (1353 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) '?westigator Status: AT SCENE Photograph Information Photographs Taken: 52 Number of Cameras: 1 Property #1 - DVD Original Digital Photographs Primary Information Property Class: Evidence Property Type: CD, DVD, DISC, TAPE Description: DVD Original Digital Photographs Property Status: BCA I HQ Status Date: 08I13I2014 Quantity: 1 Control Number: 2.1 Submitted To PES: YES Record Status Information Record Origination Operator: Record Origination Date: Last Update Operator: ast Update Date: 04/09/2015 10:24 Lehman, Lance (1369 I SRO - Crime Scene I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) 08I18I2014 18:05 O'Donnell, William (1328 I SRO - Crime Scene I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) 09I15I2014 13:14 Page 1 of 3 ACISS software licensed by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ACISS Crime Scene Supplement 1980000335/2 Report Date: 08/12/2014 Reporting LEO Date Supervisor Date Lehman, Lance (1369 I SRO - Crime O'Donnell, William (1328 SRO - Crime Scene I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Scene I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal 4/9/2015 Apprehension) Apprehension) Narrative begins on the following page. mmcCIell 04/09/2015 10:24 software licensed by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Page 2 of 3 SA Lehman was contacted by the Special Agent Mike Anderson, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension?s Mankato Field Office to respond to the exhumation of JANE DOE at Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth MN. SA Lehman was briefed by SA Mike Anderson and Chief Deputy Scott Adams of the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office regarding the case history in this matter. Pursuant to court order, JANE DOE is to be exhumed for the purpose of additional scientific examination to assist in identifying the person. SA Lehman documented the exhumation with digital photography. These digital images were later transferred to a master DVD, which was labeled item 2.1. BCA Technical Services Unit later processed the photos, made contact sheets and compact discs. The CD and contact sheets will be given to SA Anderson to distribute to the appropriate agencies. The above item of evidence has been properly marked and will be stored within the crime scene files at BCA headquarters. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ACISS Investigative Supplement 1980000335/4 Report Date: 03/16/2015 Primary Information Description: Identification of Jane Doe as Michelle Busha. Reporting LEO: Anderson, Micheal (1353 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Approval Status: Approved Approved Date: 04/06/2015 Approved By: Woodford, Derek (1317 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Synopsis On 08I12I15, the body of Jane Doe was exhumed from the Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth, MN in an attempt to gather forensic information for identification. Numerous examinations and analysis were conducted including a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), DNA Typing, and Isotopic Analysis. Jane Doe was subsequently identified as Michelle Yvette Busha. (Please see related narrative report for additional details). No Evidence was generated by virtue of this report. This investigation is now CLOSED. Address #1 - RELATED #1 - Riverside Cemetery Primary Information Address: Riverside Cemetery, BLUE EARTH, Minnesota United States Subject #1 - VICTIM #1 - Busha, Michelle Yvette Primary Information Race: White .ecord Type: Person Subject Name: Busha, Michelle Yvette Sex: Female Birth Date: 11/02/1961 Age: 18 Juvenile: NO Personal Information US Citizen: YES Deceased: YES Date Deceased: 05/30/1980 00:00 Record Status Information Record Origination Operator: Anderson, Micheal (1353 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Record Origination Date: 03I16I2015 14:40 Last Update Operator: Woodford, Derek (1317 I SRO - Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) Last Update Date: 04I06I2015 11 :09 Reporting LEO Date Supervisor Date Anderson, Micheal (1353 I SRO - Woodford, Derek (1317 I SRO - Homicide] Homicide I Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Minnesota Bureau of Criminal 4/9/2015 _Apprehension) Apprehension) Narrative begins on the following page. 04/09/2015 10224 ACISS software licensed by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Page 1 Of 3 As part of the investigation to determine the identity of ?Jane Doe? who had been murdered in Faribault County in 1980, efforts were taken to gather forensic information from the body of Jane Doe. On 08/12/15, Jane Doe was exhumed from the grave at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth, MN. The remains were then transported to the Olmsted County Medical Examiner?s Office in Rochester, MN for examination and analysis. The skeletal remains of the skull that were found were scanned using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology and the data was subsequently sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) where a facial profile was produced. (Please see attached image from NCMEC for additional details). The remains were subsequently transported to the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (MNBCA) Forensic Science Laboratory in Saint Paul, MN. Samples were collected at the BCA Laboratory and subsequently sent to the Smithsonian Institute for Isotopic Analysis. (Please see attached report by the Smithsonian Institute for details). Sue Myster a Forensic Anthropologist was employed to examine the remains and give an opinion on ethnicity and age of the decedent. On 08/20/14, Sue Myster advised that she believed that Jane Doe was approximately 17 to 23 years old at the time of her death. She also advised that her height was approximately 5?2" to 5?9? and she was likely of mixed ancestry European/African. DNA extraction was conducted by the MN BCA Forensic Science Laboratory on samples that were collected from the remains of Jane Doe. The DNA profile that was created from the remains of Jane Doe was periodically searched through the National Missing Persons DNA Database. On 03/05/15, SA Anderson was notified by the MN BCA Laboratory that the DNA Profile that had been obtained from the remains of Jane Doe had an association with samples that were submitted by the Matagorda County Sheriff?s Office, in Texas. (Please see MN BCA Laboratory Association Report for additional details). The Matagorda County Sheriff?s Office was notified of the association and indicated that they had in fact submitted the samples related to the ongoing Missing Person Investigation of Michelle Yvette Busha, DOB: 11/02/61. The submitted samples are from Donald A. Busha who is Michelle?s biological father and Marla C. Torgerson who is Michelle Busha?s biological sister. On 03/13/15, SA Anderson spoke with Captain Richard Rooth of the Matagorda County Sheriff?s Office who subsequently provided two photographs of Michelle Busha related to the investigation along with Dental X-Rays and Dental Charts known to be from Michelle Yvette Busha. Captain Rooth advised that Michelle Busha had been reported missing by her family on 05/09/1980. (Please see attached photographs and dental x?rays for additional details). The DNA Association report had been previously submitted to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner?s Office (RCME) who had performed the initial autopsy on Jane Doe in 1980. On 03/13/15, SA Anderson provided the dental records and charts to the RCME and they subsequently positively identified ?Jane Doe" as Michelle Yvette Busha. The RCME indicated that a new death certificate would be issued identifying the victim as Michelle Yvette Busha with a Cause of Death of ?Ligature Strangulation? and a Manner of Death as ?Homicide?. On 03/13/15, SA Anderson notified Captain Richard Rooth of the Matagorda County Sheriff?s Office in the State of Texas. SA Anderson advised Captain Rooth that the remains of Jane Doe had officially been identified as Michelle Yvette Busha. Captain Rooth then arranged for notification of Michelle Busha?s family. (Please see related reports by the Matagorda County Sheriff?s Office for details). On 03/17/15, a coordinated press release by both the MN BCA and the Matagorda County Sheriff?s Office was conducted related to the identification of Jane Doe as Michelle Yvette Busha. (Please see attached press releases for additional details). At the request of Michelle Busha?s family, the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office arranged for the cremation of Michelle Busha?s remains. The Faribault County Sheriff?s Office also arranged for the remains to be transported back to the Busha Family in the State of Texas. (Please see related reports by the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office for details). The status of this investigation is now CLOSED. Any and all evidence related to this investigation was and will be maintained by the Faribault County Sheriff?s Office. 93%??5055 x? Us JDV ?he?ll ?at, l" ?a IHWHN DUN Hle "5-5 .rmv - urhl .mp?l 11, um: a; ?Tutsi; . nr-u Huh-1M .?ummrumdv mum 3 npuog elm-31m uo mocrvumw 'uuca sma 30 mag 086L ?023 ?ew Puno? alewaj .. "093d STATE OF MINNESOTA RE-INTERMENT PERMIT (SUBJECT TO MN STATUTES DEPARTMENT HEALTH 1. NAME OF DECEASED: Tau/u: Doe. milk]; 2. CEMETERY OF CURRENT INT ERMENT: 2a. NAME Q?V??slc?x 2b. CITY gem: Emv?rk, ww 3. 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I ll, 24H WHITE ENTITY LISTED IN #5 ABOVE Date: July 2, 2014 To: Faribault County Sheriff?s Department and other concerned parties From: Gary Sunken Drainage 904 1?t St Blue Earth, MN 56013 Re: Exhumation of Blue Earth Jane Doe in Riverside Cemetery l, Gary Sunken, owner/operator of Drainage, will provide excavation and reburial services, free of charge, to assist the Faribault County Sherriff?s Department in the exhumation of the unidentified woman buried in Riverside Cemetery. Sincerely, Gary Sunken ,1 AUG-14-2014 16:69 FBI MANKATO 507 38? 8104 P.001 7-2 (Rev. 543-99) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Laboratory Work Sheet I Date: October 12, 2004 To: Minneapolis Mankato RA CaseID No.2 mm: 040629016 PO ME Reference; Communication dated June 24, 2004 Your No.1 Title: Jane Doe; National Missing Person DNA Database; Faribault County: Minnesota Discovery Date: May 30, 1980 um specimens received: June 29, 2004 The items listed below were received in the DNA Analysis Unit II: Q1 Head hair sample FrOm JANE DOE (lBl) Q2 Pubic hair sample From JANE DOE (lBl) Three (3) hairs from specimen Q2 This report contains the results of the mitochondtial DNA examinations. Results of Examinations: A mitochondrial DNA sequence was obtained from the Q2.l hair from the Q2 pubic heir semplc identi?ed as coming ?om JANE DOE. The sequence from the Q21 hair W111 be entered into the National Missing Person DNA Database. Page 1 of2 AUG-14-2014 16:59 FBI MANKATO 507 887 8104 P.002 The sequencing results are detailed below. Results are listed as differences from the published Cambridge Reference Sequence (rC RS). Q11 Specimen Pubic Hair Jane Doe Range up 15998-16389 16302 HVI Range - up 49-408 263 HV II 3 15. No other examinations were conducted. Remarks: A portion of the submitted Q1 specimen will be retained for archival purposes for possible retesting. The processed DNA generated from the mitochondrial DNA examinations will be returned under separate cover. The processed DNA can be found in a package marked PROCESSED DNA SAMPLES: SHOULD BE It is recommended that these samples be stored in a refrigerator/?eezer and isolated from evidence that has not been examined. Specimens Q22 and Q23 will be retained for nuclear DNA examinations. The results of the nuclear DNA examinations will be the subject of a separate report. Constance L. Fisher, DNA Analysis Unit 703-632-7579 This document is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Page 2 of 2 040629016 PO ME 16:69 In.? 10:2 HungInGSeu?uy Pdmaq1 I u) 1/ [?31 LNBR ISN UOC UCS LNBR UOC UCS . 1 [74:1 Reported by: .f I DOBAddress; - . 1- i?fi?; .. .53: ff? Phone Nbr: Comp lainant/Vict im: DOB: Address: Phone Nbr: Incident Description? . Jr; Mama, Like W52 Jame REPORTS: ASSIGNED: f; SUPERVISOR APPROVED: ENTERED C.J.R.S. Zii?jfad? gm?? W?wn am ?mm ?Hiawa gn?a Sij?? i?nawrawj B?i a?szmamjmx GHEE ?a1aw?zm?w a: HHS H?li??lx HMQE ELEM ?gawa a m: ?aw?H ?n nga r: ??wma mwa?? anwa a: ?lm ?uamm; ?K?ni?d? sag $1 - Ailml?l? HHL HZ Jm?h H?il? WM. 3 Hi in?: 4 AU m; {1.337;} if) i i .1 013@?301 ??f??fWD VD HHP 3 @3gwwf h. . Li .1 LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIAL COMPLAINT REPORT 3y. - Use only when optional line is included. - Use only when optional line is omitted. MESS. KEY CONTROL NUMBER (OCA) CONT. AGENCY NCIC IDENT. (CAG) ll7]/ NBR DATE REPORTED (RFD) TIME RPD (TRP) LNBR ISN uoc ucs LNBR ISN uoc ucs 1 1 Reported byz?l?im? SChewe? DOB: Address: QFD BIoe . Phone Nbr: Comp lainant/Victim: DOB: Address: Phone A Incident Description: 0? Rm {In lQr?eek v- i5: 11! 9 Camp 609 {lid/EM; [01v 9/ ASSIGNED: SUPERVISOR APPROVED: ENTERED C.J.R.S. ?09 801329 NBR: 80000417 FARIBAULT COUNTY DEPT. PERSONS REPORT TYPE OF REPORT: NAME: (Last, First, Middle) PHONE NBR: UNKNOWN FEMALE ADDRESS: . (Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code) DATE OF BIRTH SEX RACE EYES I HAIR HEIGHT WEIGHT FEMALE WHITE BLUE BROWN 5- 3 1 28 COMPLEXION to SCARS, MARKS, TATOOES, DEFORMITIES slight obese appeared to be Knone MEDICAL CONDITION (Drugs, Alcohol, Etc.) i STATUS MISSING SINCE: (Date/Time) LAST SEEN AT: (Location) POSSIBLE DESTINATION: COAT I I DRESS SKIRT none none none none SLACKS SHOES HAT JEWELRY none none none none REPORTED BY: (Last, First, Middle) RELATIONSHIP GILBERT E. SCHEWE NONE ADDRESS: PHONE NBR: RR 2 Blue Earth, MN 526-2572 JETAI LS: NUDE BODY OF FEMALE FOUND FLOATING IN DRAINAGE DITCH JUST To THE NORTH OF THE GILBERT E. SCHEWE FARM, FARM Is LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BLUE EARTH AND 2/3 MILE NORTH (County #109). EMERALD TOWNSHIP, Section 9 SEE INVESTIGATION REPORTS FOR DETAILS. I CERTIFY THAT THE PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE IS ABSENT DUETO THE FOLLOWING (AS DETAILED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM): 1. 2. INVOLUNTARY 3. PHYSICAL SAFETY OR 4. JUVENILE RUNAWAY, THAT ALL INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. SIGNATURE ENTERED MINCIS: (Date) BY WHOM CANCELLED MINCIS: (Date) BY WHOM (Date/Time) LOCATED AT: (Address) 44 LOCATED BY: INVESTIGATING SIGNATURE: of: f, 4/49 wseeq c. /0/4/02 ?z?JQ72euaf?qfkm, asvo NBR 0 ?90 0 FARIBAULT COUNTY DEPT. PERSONS REPORT 5, (TI TYPE OF REPORT: FOUND BODYL 020 3 NAME: (Last, First, MiddIe) PHONE NBFI: a) (1va ADDRESS: . (Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code) DATE OF BIRTH SEX RACE EYES HAIR HEIGHT WEIGHT Bio-Ia Brown 5H5 i: 125/ (big, COMPLEXION BUILD SCARS, MARKS, TATOOES, DEFORMITIES (3)995: 0 :4 ~42 MEDICAL CONDITION (Drugs, Alcohol, Etc.) I STATUS MISSING SINCE: (Date/Time) LAST SEEN AT: (Location) POSSIBLE DESTINATION: . COAT DRESS SKIRT (rhum SLACKS - SHOES HAT REPORTED BY: (Last, First, Middle) I - I am- OC?lkaH-eu PHONE NBR: DETAILS: Nudi? Car??g< ?9 gm? ?ma? Paw ISO-dank kp?vd? Small Rape )Eecl Grams/Id helsko [gar ?i?m?gege I FWIQIAL Hats L32ng 5??7 15 35 gears 0; (1,2313 I CERTIFY THAT THE PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE IS ABSENT DUE TO THE FOLLOWING (AS DETAILED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM): E) 1. 2. INVOLUNTARY E) 3. PHYSICAL SAFETY OR 4. JUVENILE RUNAWAY, AND THAT ALL INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. SIGNATURE ENTERED MINCIS: (Date) BY WHOM CANCELLED MINCIS: (Date) BY WHOM (Date/Time) LOCATED AT: (Address) 1f LOCATED BY: INVEST ATI GOFFI 5(8) IGNATURE: . j, 95?" FARIBAULT COUNTY DEPT. NBR: PERSONS REPORT . 5, rn TYPE OF REPORT: BODY ?x 020 .39 NAME: (Last, First, Middle) PHONE NBR: ADDRESS: . (Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code) DATE OF BIRTH RACE EYES HAIR HEIGHT A WEIGHT 6wa BRA) 93/345 0 COMPLEXION BUILD SCARS, MARKS, TATOOES, MEDICAL CONDITION (Drugs, Alcohol, Etc.) ENTA ONAL STATUS MISSING SINCE: (Date/Time) LAST SEEN AT: (Location) POSSIBLE DESTINATION: COAT DRESS SKIRT 4 .. . [/0th SLACKS SHOES HAT JEWELRY Yoda/d? GILBERT Mme/C? REPORTED BY: (Last, First, Middle) . RELATIONSHIP . . If, 1V 7310?: PHONE NBR: gumi Ihcf 6? Vex News! OF HIS 50% be?ch fry/8'39 g?dgo (at: We; Ju'a?fll boil (/3105 Mt. f3 014 ALE, . \?fl CERTIFY THAT THE PERSON DESCRIBED ABOVE IS ABSENT DUE TO THE FOLLOWING (AS DETAILED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM): 1. 2. INVOLUNTARY 3. PHYSICAL SAFETY OR 4. JUVENILE RUNAWAY, AND THAT ALL INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. SIGNATURE ENTERED MINCIS: . (Date) BY WHOM I CANCELLED MINCIS: (Date) BY WHOM (Date/Time) LOCATED AT: (Address) ,1 LOCATED BY: INVESTIGATING OFFICERIS) SIGNATURE: Iv! '54 9?19 ghee?(ML P305060 (j I . LABORATORY if 5 AGENCY CASE NO. LABORATORY NO. 370 a 00 7 LABORATORY ANALYSIS REQUEST 0 TYPE OF CASE: IL/om 0 r/e A PRINCIPALS: um C90 35,) [gym/e - (NAME) (AGE) (SEX) COUNTY: 4+ I I (NAME) (AGE) (SEX) AGENCY 5? ?va Def?w 7% A (NAME) (AGE) (SEX) OFFICIAL: gar/?4 24/ lm?" (NAME) (TITLE) (NAME) (AGE) (SEX) CIRCUMSTANCES 8: PURPOSE OF ANALYSIS: W477 m/K/ (?my for (4/45 ?lm/j ?ux/Pg m/ 12:9 On? I - 96?) Ame/1a of "Hz/Mew I 7 9/3 Ej?sa?u/I (74/57; 8749?]?! 77H7 A//m>55 p? PO/icl: (/17 my]! Wm; 11? umKrz/u?w/ 4 7 I [y I, at, SEg?liil [7767 30/ (?My by"? mm/ ?05 58"? ID. Md I ,2??pr I WW9 5705/?713/5?? ?5&4 is be @an CHAIN OF POSSESSION: I Item? s) Time Date {3-79 fgf?g .. g; RECEIPT RECEIPT MAILED REPORT i?a MINT REPORT 9 5 5 7 8 2040 M. DATE 7?25? .1980 COMPLAINANT Arnold Groshens ADDRESS RFD #1 Sherhurn, Minn. NO. RADIO LOCATION Jay Twp. Co. Rd. #7 and 1-90 OFFICER ASSIGNED Capt. Nutt IN PERSON CATEGORY Found property latex PHONE COMPLAINT Mr. Groshens called and stated that his son had found some property:] MAIL under the bridge on FINDINGS and DISPOSITION 0 SK FF ICER Rod Groshens and two other youths I-?rere3under the ridge and iound a gold and whlte I striped sweater, pullover type, and a Texas ID card. The items were stuffed in an expansion joint under the bridge and were covered with a pieceo of styrofoam. ID was that of Fidencia I. De Parede, 918 Glasgow, Dallas Texas. Mr. Groshens thought it might have something to do with the girl at blue Earth. Info was INVESTIGATING OFFICER I y/ .I, I, relayed to Deputy Kabe of Fairbault Co. PS-6-02 30 - STATE OF MINNESOTA . - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINN. 55104 INFORMATION REPORT Criminal Category Place of-Occurance 6 miles east of Date/Time of Occurrence Death Investigation Blue Earth,Faribault County 5?30?80 9:00 a.m. Bureau Number Source 80000335 Sheriff Roger Fletcher, Faribault County Submitting Agent Typist ApproVed Date of Report Robert Berg TM Gerner 6?1?80 ACTIVITY The investigation of the death of an unidenBified caucasian female found floating in drainage ditch #5 located 6 miles east of Blue Earth, Minnesota on County Road #116 and 3/4 of a mile north on County Road 109. SYNOPSIS 10:00 a.m. Writer receives a message, via radio, to call Faribault County Sheriff's Office reference a death investigation that Faribault County is requesting Bureau assistance on. 10:15 a.m. Writer contacts Faribault County Sheriff's Office and is advised that at approximately 9:00 a.m. on May 30, 1980 a farmer who lives approximately 6 miles east of Blue Earth had discovered a body of a nude caucasian female with a rope around her neck floating in a drainage ditch adjacent to his property. Writer is further advised that Sheriff Roger Fletcher is attempting to recover the body, and that he is requesting Bureau assistance. OFFICERS Sheriff Roger W. Fletcher, Sheriff of Faribault County; Chief Deputy Gerald A. Kabe, Faribault County Sheriff's Office; Deputy Jerry Anderson,-Faribault County Sheriff's Office; Captain Vergil Karl, Minnesota Highway Patrol; Tr00per Richard Hall, Minne- sota Highway Patrol; and members of the Blue Earth, Minnesota Volunteer Fire Depart- ment. DETAILS 11:15 5?30?80 Writer arrives at the Faribault County Sheriff's Office in Blue Earth, Minnesota, and is advised that the body of the unidentified female has been recovered from the drain? age ditch and is being transported to the Farsnan and Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth, Minnesota. 11:30 a.m. Writer meets Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Deputy Jerry Anderson at the Farsnan and Patton Funeral Home, 218 West 6th Street, Blue Earth, Minnesota; phone number 507-526?1202. Writer is informed by Sheriff Fletcher that at approximately 9:15 5?30-80, the Faribault County Sheriff's Office had received a call from Gilbert Schewe of Rural Route Box 28, Blue Earth, Minnesota; phone number 507?526?2572, reporting a body in drainage ditch #5 located just north of his residence on County Road 109. The body was discovered floating among corn stubble and debris, which had clogged the intake culvert of drainage ditch #5 at a point where it flows under County Road 109 Information Report #80000335 Page 2 located 6 miles east of Blue Earth on County Road 116 and 3/4 mile north on County Road 109 located in Section 9 of Township, Faribault County. On arrival at the scene, Sheriff Fletcher advises that he had observed the naked.body of a} caucasian female floating face up on the east side of County Road #109 at the entrance to the culvert. Sheriff Fletcher further advises that there was no clothing on the body, and that there was what appeared to be a light weight rope or cord around the victim's neck. It should be pointed out that the intake culvert of ditch #5 at this location is a concrete structure, approximately 10 feet in height and 12 feet in width, with water flowing east to west. Water depth is estimated to be approximately 7% feet at the culvert intake.v Sheriff Fletcher tells that the body was floating among debris consisting of corn stubble, small branches and grass which had clogged the intake of the culvert. Deb?is was clogging the intake for approxi? mately 10 feet (this would be 10 feet inside the culvert) from the body, and approximately 15 20 feet upstream from where the body was discovered. Sheriff Fletcher advises that he has briefly talked with Gilbert Schewe wim>advises that on 5?30?80 he had stopped at the drainage ditch culvert to check it to see if it was clogged following the heavy rains of 5-29?80 and had observed the body and called the sheriff's office. G&lbert Schewe further advised Sheriff Fletcher that at approxi- mately 5:00 p.m. on 5-29?80, he had driven past this same location and had stopped to check the debris building up at the intake, h0wever he had not observed the body at that time. It should be pointed out at point that when writer talked to Gilbert Shewe on 5?31?80, he indicated that when he had stOpped to check the culvert inlet on 5?29?80, he had not walked to the edge of the roadway, but observed the debris from his vehicle, which was parked on the east side of the road. From this vantage point, Mr. Schewewould have not been able to see the body even if it had been there at that time. Sheriff Fletcher went on to advise writer that drainage ditch #5 crosses I-90 at two different points, one point located approximately a mile east of where the body was discovered, the second point is located approximately 2% miles east of where the body was discovered. Writer is advised by Deputy Jerry Anderson that he has walked the drainage ditch for approximately a mile either side of the location where the body was found, and he was unable to find anything of interest to this investigation. Sheriff Fletcher also tells that he has checked with Gilbert Schewe andother farmers in the area, and has discovered that prior to the heavy rains received on 5?29?80 that being approximately 5 5% inches, that there was very little water flow in drainage ditch Specifically, he advises that according to the information he has obtained that the water in ditch #5 was flowing approximately 4 - 6 inches deep and 2% 3 feet in width. It should be pointed out that at the time the body Was discovered, the drainage ditch was flowing approxi- mately 3/4 full with water depths from 6 to?7 feet. Sheriff Fletcher advises that. the body was removed from the ditch at his direction by members of the Blue Earth, Minnesota Volunteer Fire Department, and that Faribault County Coroner Dr. George Drexler was present at the scene. After removing the body from the water, Sheriff Fletcher advises that because of decomposition the face was unrecognizable, however he advises that they observed discoloration (lividity) on the front (ventrical) por- tion of the body. He further adVises that on_both the left and right ring fingers of the victim's hands they observed evidence that a ring or rings had been removed from both fingers. He further advises that prior to removing the body from the water, that the eyeballs were intact, but that during the process of removing the body the eyes were destroyed.According to both Sheriff Fletcher and Deputy Anderson, they feel the color of the victim was possibly blue. 11:45 a.m. Writer, with assistance of Sheriff Roger Fletcher, Deputy Jerry Anderson and funeral home Director John Patton, examined the body of the victim. Writer observes that the a Information Report #80000335 Page 3 victim is a nude caucasian female, approximately 22 - 30 years of age, 5'3" tall, 120 - 130 pounds, head hair appears to have been shaven with the exception of a small patch on the back of the head approximately 1/4 inch by 1 inch and 1/4 inch in length, hair is brown in color. Writer observes a cord, approximately 20 inches long and 1/8 inch in diameter, which is tied in a half bow knot around the victim's neck. Due to decomposition, mud and debris covering the body, writer is unable to observe any obvious external wounds, however lividity is observed on the ventral por- tion of the body, and tissue destruction and absence is observed around the face area, left calf area, left ankle area, right wrist and forearm area, and right foot area. Pictures of the body were taken by writer and will be made a portion of this report. It should also be pointed out that pictures of the scene where the body was found were taken by deputies of the Faribault County Sheriff's Office, and they also will be made a portion of this report. 12:10 p.m. Writer, with the consent and approval of Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Faribault County Coroner Dr. George Drexler, contacts Agent Supervisor Robert Rysavy attempting to line up an autOpsy to be performed at either Hennepin or Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office. 2:00 p.m. writer is contacted by Agent Supervisor Robert Rysavy advising that arrangements have been made with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office for an autOpsy to be performed by Dr. McGee of the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday, June 2, 1980 at approximately 9:00 a.m. Agent Supervisor Robert Rysavy advises writer that James Esling, and investigator for the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office, has made arrangements for that office to meet writer at the St. Paul downtown airport at approximately 4:30 p.m. on 5-30?80. 3:30 p.m. Writer and John Patton depart Blue Earth, Minnesota airport bound for St. Paul downtown airport with the body of the victim. 4:30 p.m. Writer is met by Scott Valanto, Assistant Investigator with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office, at the St. Paul airport, where the body is transported to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office. 5:15 p.m. Writer is met at the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office by Dr. Mike McGee, James Esling, investigator for the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office, along with members of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, Minneapolis Police Depart- ment and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A preliminary examination is done on the body by Dr. Mik McGee who indicates that the body is that of a white female, approximately 25 - Bdlgears of age, 128 pounds, brown hair, mid to moderately obese in stature, with evidence of dental work and some teeth extraction. Dr. McGee, after comparing the dental charts of Ramsey County kidnap victim Mary Stauffer, indi- cates that the victim found in Faribault County is not that of Mary Stauffer. Dr. McGee indicates that the autopsy of the victim will be performed at 9:00 a.m. on 6?2?80, and that he has made arrangements for the body to be x?rayed this evening. .1 Information Report #80000335 Page 4 - 6:00 p.m. John Doughit, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Fingerprint Section, arrives at.the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office for the purposes of attempting to optain fingerprints of the victim. Due to the stage of decomposition, only finger- print which Doughit is able to obtain is that of the left thumb. 7:00 p.m. Fingerprint card of Debra Burke, missing person from Minneapolis, Minnesota, is obtained from the Minneapolis Police Department, and based upon the left thumb print obtained from the Faribault County victim, Debra Burke is eliminated. 8:30 p.m. Writer receives a call from Chief Deputy Jerry Kabe, Faribault County Sheriff's Office, who advises that he was contacted by a Rick Robinson of Albert Lea, Minne? sota advising that a Vicki Perry, DOB: 2?5?54, has been missing since 5-22-80, and that the physical description of Ms. Perry matches that of the unidentified body. Writer contacts Deputy Don Nolander, Freeborn County Sheriff's Department, requesting assistance in obtaining information relative the Perry woman. 10:30 p.m. Writer receives a phone call from Don Nolander, Faribault County Sheriff's Depart? ment, who advises that he has contacted Sheriff Don Vold, Winnebago County Sheriff at Forest City, Iowa, who has made contact with the Perry woman in Lake Mills, Iowa. Several other leads are followed up on, attempting to identify the Faribault County victim, none of which proved successful. 5-31?80 Writer makes contact with Captain Virgil Karl, Minnesota Highway Patrol, at the St. Paul airport. Writer and Captain Karl fly to Faribault County, via the Minne? sota State Patrol's helic0pter, and conduct an aerial search of the drainage ditch for.approximately 5 miles upstream and approximately 5 miles from the location where the body was discovered. Nothing of interest to this investigation was discovered. 2:00 p.m. Writer, Chief Deputy Jerry Kabe, Deputy Jerry Anderson, and Trooper Dick Hoff proceed to drainage ditch #5 at County Road 109, and dislodge the debris blocking the inlet of the culvert at that location. In an attempt to uncover any evidence which may be in that blockage. Nothing of value to this investigation was found in the debris, however. 3:00 p.m. Writer makes arrangements with Chief Deputy Jerry Kabe to obtain weather information from the Blue Earth radio station relative the weather and precipitation for the period of 5?15?80 - 5-30-80. 2:30 p.m. Writer interviews Gilbert Schewe, Rural Route 2, Box 28, Blue Earth, Minnesota; phone number 507-526-2572. Mr. Schewe advises that he lives approximately 1/2 mile south of drainage ditch #5 on County Road 109, and that on 5-29-80 at approximately 8:00 p.m. he was driving by the drainage ditch when he observed debris building up on the east side of the culvert. He advises that the debris had backed up for approximately 15 feet from the intake Opening, and that the water was approximately 6 7 feet deep Information Report #80000335 Page 5 at that time. According to Schewe, he did not walk down to the edge of the ditch, but rather observed the debris from his vehicle, which was parked in the northbound lane of County Road 109. Because of this, Mr. Schewe advises that he probably would not have been able to see the body even if it had been there. Mr. Schewe tells that he again checked the culvert on 5-30-80 at approximately 9:00 at which time he had gotten out of his vehicle and walked to the edge of the culvert on the east side of the roadway. At this time, he observed the body floating face up in the debris at the opening to the culvert. According to Mr. Schewe, prior to the heavy rains of 5-29-80, there was very little water flowing in the ditch. He estimates the water flow as about 4 6 inches deep, and 3 - 4 feet wide. Mr. Schewe then went on to advise that at the time the_culverts were constructed they were dug out on both sides, and that because of this?even during low water periods there is water standing in the culvert approximately 15 - 20 feet either side of the culverts. This applies to all culverts crossing roadways in ditch Mr. Schewe stated that he has seen no suspicious activitity around the area for the last two or three weeks. Investigation to continue. RB/tmg Form 3 SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATION REPORT Offense Jane Doe Homicide A Complainant 80-417 5 Page 1 of 2 Address Additional Details of Offense, Progress of Investigations, Etc. On March 31, 1989, Robert LeRoy Nelson asked the jailer at the Faribault County Jail to see if myself, Roger Fletcher, or Gerald Kabe had time to talk to him. I had time and went into the jail to see him. Nelson stated that he would like to "get things rolling" on the homicide and would like to take a ride into the country to clear things up. He also stated, suppose you saw me looking at the power pole and drainage ditch the other day." I stated, "Yes, I noticed." He said, "I?m almost positive that?s where it happened." I asked Nelson if he'd been to court and/or been appointed an attorney. He replied in the affirmative, but "this was something he wanted to do now; see the site; get things clear in his own mind and then later, with his attorney, give a complete written, signed statement." I told him that sometime later in the afternoon we would try to take the ride. At approximately 4:00 PM Chief Deputy Kabe, Robert Nelson and myself left the county jail for wherever Nelson wanted to take us. Nelson was advised that he did have an attorney and he had the right to have him present. Nelson again said no; that this was something he wanted to do on his own. He then told us to go east out of Blue Earth on old Highway 16 and he would tell us when to turn or stop. When we reached the Bricelyn stop sign he told us to turn left (north) and go up over the overpass. This was done. Nelson then told us to continue on to the end of the blacktop. (The blacktop ends just before going onto a gravel road that runs into the wildlife area.) This was also done. Nelson then instructed us to turn the car around and stop at the north edge of the blacktop. Having done this, Nelson looked behind him at the tree line of the wildlife area and up the incline at the overpass, and said, "Yes, this is where it started; I was sitting here that night and a van came up off the interstate and stopped up there on top." Nelson stated that a girl got out, seemed to argue with the other occupants briefly; then slammed the door and the van went back down into the westbound lane of I asked Nelson if it was day or night and he said, "No, it?s dark; it's nighttime." Nelson then stated that he picked the girl up in his squad car and proceeded down onto westbound. Nelson told us to proceed on toward Blue Earth and take the Blue Earth exit. As we went by_a particular power pole in a field with a ditch nearby, Nelson said that he was sure "that's where we ended up." .This Offense is Declared: Unfounded Signed i_b A, Date Cleared by Arrest Investi Exceptionally Cleared Signed- *30255" Inactive (not cleared)/ Chief or Commanding Officer This Form Is Used By Officer Assigned To A Case To Report Progress After 3 And 7 Days And Weekly Thereafter, Also To Report Significant Developments Form 3 SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATION REPORT Offense Jane Doe Homicide 80?417 Complainant Page 2 of 2 Address Additional Details of Offense, Progress of Investigations, Etc. Upon reaching the Blue Earth exit, Nelson told us to exit We did so at the Highway 169 crossroad. He then told us to turn north on the first gravel road. As we went past the first few farms, he said, "Yes, this is the way we went that night." As we continued east, Nelson said, don?t think this is the way I went." He didn?t remember the farm sites. I then told him that I had driven his earlier described route; I told him that I would now drive what I believed to be the route from his earlier statement. As we proceeded, he said, "None of this looks right." At the end of my route he said, "This looks right??there should be a field drive here soon?? yes??there it is." There was a field going south up a hill and toward I-90. As we went over the field crest, the power pole with the boxes on it came into view and the ditch (running north and south) was there. Nelson said, "I?m sure this is the place. This is where it happened." As the field drive goes toward the power pole there is a crossover that allows you to go to the other side of the ditch. Nelson was asked which side of the ditch he was on. He stated that he believed he crossed over because he remembered the pole being on the opposite side of the ditch. He also said he "knew this was close to the freeway, but if you get back 50-60 feet from the freeway people can?t even see you at night. We then left the field. After getting back on the gravel road, I drove straight east on the gravel toward Blue Earth. As we drove down the road, Nelson kept recognizing farm sites and saying "this is the road I took." He remembered going past a small brick country church and also a winding section of road near the Wessals farms and a brick farm home. In his earlier statement, Nelson had not mentioned driving on any blacktop roads, and in order to get on this one, he would have had to come south on a short stretch of County Road 11 (blacktop). It was on the trip out (after we crossed over County Road 11), that Nelson stated that he didn?t recognize or remember this road. As we returned, Nelson also talked as though he may have been involved in the sexual assault of a young Indian girl in or around the Pipestone, Minnesota area in the fall of 1976 or 1977. He stated that at that time he was driving a silver pickup truck. He asked us to check with Pipestone County. G. This Offense is Declared: Unfounded Signed . Date Cleared by Arrest Exceptionally Cleared Signevaw 517/?, Date Inactive (not cleared)/ .Chief or Commanding Officer This Form Is Used By Officer Assigned To A Case To Report Progress After 3 And 7 Days And Weekly Thereafter, Also To Report Significant Developments Form' 3 I SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATION REPORT 'onano OFFENS 7 . 0' COMPLAINANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS or OFFENSE. PROGRESS or INVESTIGATIONS, ETC. . On June 10, 1980 at approximately 9:30 a.m. in the Fairmont LEC I had occasion to interview -a Mary Christensen who lives in Faifmont and is employgd by Michaels Beauty Salon and a Sue MarCh who works at Railway Motors in Fairmont. The topiciof?the interview was D.D. Dillon/ Gat?no and Larry Lowry. The two young females were informed_that we were in a homicide in- vestigation and that these two gentlemen were being checked on not necessarily as suspects but just because they had been in the area and that their activities were somewhat unusual. Mary and Sue told me that on the night of June 3, 1980 they had been at the Holiday Inn in a pub.called Tor ys. They stated that on that evening two gentlemen came in at the same time -although they did not stay together or sit together and did not seem to be together. They stated that both men were carrying a duffle type bag. Mary stated that she eventually spent a good portion of the evening at the pub with a party who identified himSelf as Dillon. He told her this was his stage name and that his real name was Don Gottiho. He showed her a Playboy card with_the name Gattino on and also the number 85 and said he was the 85th mem- ber to ever join the Playboy Club. He stated that he was in Fairmont to hire the?band that was playing at that particular time at Torgy's and that he had booked a band to play in the club at Lake Geneva. He stated that he was there with his partner and he pointed his partner out to Mary Christensen and said his name was Chuck Bitter. She stated that she did not personallyitalk to the party who Gattino identified as Chuck Ritter but that-he was an older gentleman dressed in cowboy type clothes had a somewhat wrinkled face and grayish hair some- v5 thin on top and more or less in a crewcut. During the course of the.evening Dillon told that he had gone out with a friend of hers for approximately a year and half.? The friend was identified as-She Dorendorf who is from Fairmont and whos father is Fred Dorendorf of Northrup. Sue Dorendorf is presently living in Minneapolis. Dillon also told her that he had been living in'Texas. Dillon also stated that he was staying there at the Holiday Inn. Sue March said that she spent most of the evening talking with a party by the name of Larry Loewry. Loewry told her that he was from St. Cloud, Minnesota and that he was staying there at the-Holiday Inn. ~He also told her that he was in the insurance business.' She stated that even though he came into the pub at the same time as Dillon the two did not appear to be to- gether and went and eat at separate tables. She stated that both Loewry and Dillon had duffle type bags. ,She stated that Loewry was somewhere around 30-35 and tall and slim and dark. She also stated that he was wearing a wedding ring. Both girls remember that this was on Tuesday night June 3 because they-stated that it was the day after ladies day which is on Monday night and they had missed that. THIS OFFENSE IS DECLARED: nded Cl SIGNFD DATE by Arresf lnvesfigafing Officer . Excepfionally Cleared . DATF Inactive (Nof Cleared) Chief or Commanding Officer? This Form Is Used by Officer Assigned fo a Case to Reporl? Progress Affer Three and Seven Diys and Weekly Thereaffer, Also to Report Significant DeVelopmen?rs. SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATION REPORT. Q?a?pn HomiCide Investigation of the unknowanane Doe, COMPLAINANT EISVO ADDITIONAL DETAILS or OFFENSE. PROGRESS or INVESTIGATIONS, arc. On Tuesday, June 10, 1980 our department received a telephone Call from a Sgt. Moody from Bentonville. Arkansas. He related information to us that an Anthony Turney who was doing a prison stretch in Colorado had expressed some concern to one of the guards at the prisbn that his brother may have been involved in a murder in Blue Earth, Minnesota. 0n the same date a Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City was contacted and we talked to the prison officer involved who was Captain Gindrow telephone number 303-275-4181 ext. 374. He stated that Anthony W. Turney date of birth 3/31/59 and FBI number 428160T5 was a prisoner Ethere and he had related to him that day that he had received a letter from his mother stating that she believed his brother Charles Lee Turney date of birth 1/14/58 and FBI: number 338009N9 had murdered his wife Violet Rae. Capt. Gindrow stated that he would have Mr?sTg?gey call us. At approximately 4:40 p.m. Anthony W. Turney called this office and read portion of the letter that related to the message that he had gotten from his mother. His mother is a Mrs. James Conners, P.O. Box 243, Salome, Ark. In essence the mother had irelated to her son Anthony that Charles had taken his wife Violet Rae and left Arkansas in a stolen vehicle the vehicle having been found near Blue Earth at approximately the same time as the body had been found and his mother feared that this may be Violet Rae. Anthony .ther related that his brother was very strange and very capable of doing this sort of thing and that he feared for his own wife and family who lived in Cortez, Colorado.. He stated that Charles had had an automobile accident two or three years previous to this and since that time had been getting progressively stranger. Anthony told us that Charles Lee Turney's wife's name was Violet Rae Dennison and that she was originally from Cortez, Colo. He further told us that in 1979 he had stayed with Charles and his brother for some time while he was an escapee from prison and that her decription pretty well matched the descrip- tion 0f the bOdY that we? ound. He told us that her weight was approximately 140 lbs. at the most and that She was considerably shorter than him he being He also stated that she had a rather large frame and was somewhat heavy looking and had a large bust. He also stated that the last time he saw her she had long stringy hair. He further related that she was somewhat of a whore and that she slept with a lot of truckers on the side. And then he told us that his mother had learned about the body found in Blue Earth from a Sgt. Moody who had gone out and talked to her about the car that was stolen out of Arkansas. He stated that as far as his mother knew when Charles Turney left Arkansas he was in the company_of his wife. Turney further related that at one time the family had lived in the Winona, Minn. area and that he himself Anthony had lived in or around Blue Earth at one time. He also stated that Charles had a lot of friends in the area of Delores, Colorado which is a 'mountain town. OFFENSEIS DECLARED: "unded DATF ifired by Arrest Investigating Officer ElElEl Exceptionally Cleared SIGNED . DATF Inactive (Not Cleared) CI Chief or Commanding Of?cer This Form ls Used by Officer Assigned to a Case to Report Progress After Three and Seven Days and Weekly Thereafter, Also .to Report Significant Developmem- I 1000A (REV. 8/76) DEPARTMENT 1/ STATE OF MINNESOTA. Public Safety TO FROM SUBJECT: Office Memorandum Sheriff?s OffiCe Faribault County Blue Earth, MN 56013 June 2, 1980 CJIS (Evelyn Neuman 612 296 6416) PHONE: Homicide in Faribault County Enclosed is a Supplementary Homicide blank concerning the death (the finding of a body) in Faribault County. Please complete the form with the information requested and return it to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the enclosed envelope. If you have not already done so, you are reminded to enter this incident into the computer as activity occurring in your area, unless at a later date it is established that the homicide occurred elsewhere and the body disposed of in Faribault County. If such be the case, the incident would then be cancelled as a homicide occurring in Faribault County. This data ona la. SUPPLEMENTARY HOMHHDE REPORT Uniform Crime Reporting Program in editing the reports. A brief ex report is authorized by law Title 28, Section 534, United States Code. In addition, 4-220 (mev. 8-20-79). Form Approved BudgetBunuuxNo.43-RO( While you are not required to respond, your cooperation in using?this form to 13 pertaining to all homicides reported on your Return A will assist the FBI in compiling comprehensive, accurate data regarding this important claSSificat timel_ basis. . IUREAU Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter List below specific information for all offenses shown in item In of the Return A. list all Justifiable killings of felons by citizen or by a peace officer in the line of duty. planation in the circumstances column regarding unfounded homicide offenses will aid the natiox Victim** Offender** Data Code a 3' 3? Relationship of Victim '3 '8 3 to Offender Circumstances a -n -H Weapon Used (Husband, Wife, Son, (Victim shot by robber, robbery victim :3 Q) E: 5 Do Not Write (Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, Father, Acquaintance, shot robber, killed by patron during These Spaces Club, Poison, etc.) Neighbor, Stranger, etc.) barroom brawl, etc.) 01 25 Rope Unkn U?hkn A d% ?x 4r._ .T) t) if; .. See reverse side for explanation Do NOT WRITE 05 730 1 Recorded Month and Year Agency Identifier Edited Punched Sheriff qlepf MN Roger ghoriff Agency State Chief,?SherifT, Superintendent Verified Adjusted \w DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 55104 6%9 79?? ?mi-3m? r311 Sheriff?s Office Faribault County Blue Eart?, 56013 i PS-5004O BUREAU NO. - LABORATORY LABORATORY NO. Department of Public Safety MinnesotaVBureau of Criminal Apprehension - 7 9 0 ?24 5 3 1246 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55104 I 296-2666 - CONFIDENTIAL February 19.81 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE LaRoy L. Wiebold, Sheriff Blue Earth County Agency No: 80335 g710 Front Street Mankato, MN 56001. To: Following is the report of the BCA Laboratory giving the results of the examinations conducted on evidence received from your office. This examination has been made with the understanding that the report will be used for official purposes only. a i If court testimony is required, please notify Laboratory at least two weeks in advance. VA ERKOM, BORA RYDIRECTOR I -Wally A. Sor -Crime Labora ory Analyst COUNTY 'F'nr'ihnn'lt- PRINCIPALISI .Tanp an RED-AGENCY R1111: qO TYPE OF ppm-L?- an van??7??nv EVIDENCE AND SOURCE: . The following evidence was receiVed in the Laboratory On May.31, 1980: Item 1: Five_fingerprint card strips containing left thumb print _of victim. a - The following additional evidence was received in the Laboratory on June Samples from victim in plastic bag: NItem Anal Item 3: vaginal Item 4: Oral -Item 5:6 Head hair Item 6; Pubic hair Item One plastic bag containing rope said to be from victim. Page No. . 1 Total Pages LABORATORY 0. ?790-2453 I :1.The tollowipg the LabOratory on v'57?9fi7: EVIDENCE AND SOURCE: ?(Continued); L, Item One white box said to . . ,7C?ntain,hair samples from floor of - ?u_35 L, ?jTItem said to contain blood sample from bathroom 'HItem One Whito box aaid_to contain blood sample from front *VThe following additional evidence was received in the Laboratory on '_June 11? 1980: - v-G .xu- - a ?-Item Tissua sample - .J'Iltem': Bldg-gt: "The-following additional arid?aoe Was?received_in?the Laboratory on ?-June313,11930 I a Itemzia?: Item 16: a0na sealedgbog;oontaipipg hair from car. Item One papargbag: thaini lItemf185 VOnepnoteibookzgontainipg miscellaneous papers.'" Ono; syjaf ?contaiping lifts from car; I "HItemfl On? crgarette package A;,frop car: :94. - ?miscellaneous papers from ~It?mu? a One plagticienVelopei containing 2. . i??nt?inin8.paper from car.- _gta1pipgbpisce11aneous papers? Jcontainipgfhigh school diploma BCA Lab. Form 12B Total BUREAU NO. LABORATORY N0. I $0uace: (Continuedf 'The following.addit gJune 17; 1980: ?j It?m_ lfifwhite'paper wrapped packs Arkansas Item Item WrItem? them HItsmf Item. ?7 Item. -V'wltemg Item ~>The,follcwin8 #19useil?u?49?9 ?V.?viwlt?m? {Item Page No. 27: Item q? 393' 142}: I 790-2453 ionsl evidsnce was recsiVed in the Laboratory on 25: One plastic bsg?co?taini?g32.ra26rs said to be from trunk of?iQJB Ford, licenser#HXE-6SOe g??iof ?l?fhing said to be from 1973 Ford, Gray:swsatsr? 28{' One. Shirt? ?onnggi ll? 3 03g;shottys;?e ed plg'djapdatag yestern shirt; .One?: -One; One Psi; denimipantsg? 40:. Onngr? wgst? sh?tt; in the Laboratory on Tw?5fingerprint1?a?dsg RCharles Turney.?7s -additiona1?evidenCe?Wasf eceived in the_LabOratory on'rS C. erne*enVe1 Toni?Kax1?e ope33aid to contain dental x?rays from . 4 11;? - Total Piag?snF BCA Lab. Form 128' BUREAU N0. 5i'2l . I LABORATORY No. I I I - 790-2453 I AND SOURCE: The following additional.evidence was_received in the Laboratory on '.A9gust15,Il980: I Item_43: .ID card fFiqanoia 1,5Da3aredev,? g2, ill Item 44: .A gold and#nhite pullover sweater said to be contain?d i" in'one.manila envelopes} ?alThe following additional eVidence Was reoeived in the Laboratory on ?f Item 45:. One manila anyalope said to contain hair from Mark Jansen. following additional evidence was regaived in the Laboratory on . ?r 'Item 46;C:0neic1aar plastic bag sealed Said to contain head haif ?3 J?j ma?a. ?a JItemi4zr .One clear plastic.bag sealed said to contain head hair - control fer Mark Je9?9ns;, 4r~iar~ - The following evidenoa was reoeived_in the Laboratory on OctoberTZZ; 1980 On Laboratory Casef801f0488 aLa?.wx IItem-49tleCA Sexual Assault Evidence Gollaction Kit_with samples . 1 v? l-page No. I I Total Pag_as_;_ BCA Lab. Form (a fisCA50050 BUREAUNO. .7 LABORATORYNO. 1790-2453 RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS: ?1 Hair compariSOn . The four questioned hairs from the rope submitted from the unidentified ,female (Item 7), sixty eighthuestion hairs from inside passenger compartment (Item 14), eight from gloves right side floor (Item 15), seven from pillow rear seat (Item 16); and numerous hair cuttings from the black and white trunk (Item 25), submitted from the [1913 Ford Arkansas different macroscopic and/or microscopic characteristics to the.head hair control - sample submitted_from the unidentified-female (Item 5). -These questioned '_hairs were eliminated asghaYinggcome from 'None of-the questioned hairs submitted from (Item 14), (Item 15), (Item 16) 'and (Item 25) exhibited the same macroscopic and/or microsc0pic charac? teristics when compared to the questioned hair from the rape (Item-7). -These questioned hairs from the rope (Itemi7) were.eliminated as sharing a common_source with the 1973 Ford. Examination of the four questioned hairs found on the rope (Item-7) were a-eliminated as having come from either Mark Jenson or James Elvin when compared to their head hairgcontrols (Item 45) and (Item 490 from BCA case #30150488). 'H?a?jgw -. I hereby.certify the ahoyejreport to be true and accurate, Mary Ann Strauss Crime Laboratory Analys Diseosnou0.5.EWDEN9E2 .. . Evidence. isbeinia returnedav Ma.? - ZI?Please Vyithin 30 days after receipt Iof this. report-II?: I ?QS:1gb by, DISTRIBUTION: Blue Earth-3 C0 . 13v .Faribault Page No. Total Pages 5 7 .1133? DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 55104 6%)9 Rpger Fletcher, Sheriff Faribault County '125 West Second Street Blue Earth, MN 56013 FK##5xxnanzx, is" n? 4 Pseudo-01 I TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Initial Report Investigation Report BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Criminal Information Case REPORT OF INVESTIGATION CI Other - Approved by . Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code 80000335 Homicide H104 3 . County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribaul County May 30 . 1980 SA .A. Berg Case Trtle Date and Tune of Activity Jane Doe Homi cide Faribault County) 3-31-88/0930 . SUBJECT ROBERT LEROY NELSON - 8?8-46, Currently incarcerated at the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED SA Robert A. Berg, Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County Sheriff '5 Office; and'Sheriff Gerald Nutte, Martin County Sheriff 's Office. DETAILS On 3-31-88 at 0930 hrs. Robert Leroy NELSON, DOB: 8-8-46 was interviewed by the above individuals at the Smith County Sheriff '5 Office in Tyler, Texas. Prior to the interview he was given his rights via Miranda. He stated that he understands those rights and consented to talk to us. It was explained to Mr. NELSON that we were there to talk to him about two unsolved homicides which had occurred in Minnesota. The first one occurring on or about October 2/3, 1975 MNBCA case' #75000762 and the other one occurring on or about May 30, 1980 MNBCA case #80000335.. It was further explained to Mr. NELSON that we had received information from Lt. David Turner and Detective Melody McKay regarding his possible involvement in those two homicides. He is also advised that information had been relayed to us through Smith County authorities that his minister, Ronald Beinier, had also provided information regarding those homicides. Mr. Nelson states that he understood that, and that he is more than willing to cooperate with the authorities to the extent that he is able. 2. By way of background, Mr. Nelson states that he was born in Pipestone, MN, that his father is_Thomas Andrew NelsOn,-age 66, his mother is Margie Inez Nelson, age 61. That they currently reside at 727 6th Avenue SW, Pipestone, MN, and their telephone number is 507-825-2418. That he has one brother, Jack Thomas Nelson who is the assistant park manager at Itasca.State Park,-and that he lives on the grounds of the park. He goes on to advise that his first wife was Diane Meyers (Nelson), currently living in Blue Earth. That they were married in 1968 and divorced in 1973. There were no children by that marriage, and the reaSOn for the divorce was incapatibility. He states that his second wife is Susan Emma Nelson, DOB: 1-29-52, address: Rural Route 5, Box 5371, RHnneola, Texas 75773, and that she has no telephone. He states that they were married in April of 1974, and that they separated informally in March of 1987. That there are three children 7 that marriage, Christian, age 12, David, age and Megan, age 8. . is living with foster parents in Terrill, Texas because of physical and emotional damage caused He states that previous employment was with the Minnesota Highway Patrol. That he joined the Patrol in July of 1970, and that he left Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 2 - the Patrol in August of 1985. He states that shortly after joining the Patrol he was assigned to the Blue Earth'station, and that they were living on a farm just outside of Elmore, MN. ?He states that he requested and obtained a transfer from the Blue Earth - station, leaving there in January of 1981, transferring to the Detroit Lakes station. He stated that he retired as a result of physical problems and'incapatibility between his religion and the Patrol in August of 1985. 3. Mr. Nelson states that while living in the Elmore, MN area he did not consider himself to be a particularly religious person, being associated informally with the Lutheran Church. After transferring to the ?Detroit Lakes station and living in the Verges area of, Ottertail County, he became associated with Ronald Bernier who is the head of the "Into the Light Ministries", and joined that church in September of 1984 and was "saved by the Lord" shortly thereafter. He states thatafter his retirement from the Patrol he and his family had moved to Mineola, Texas in July of 1985. Nelson stated that the reason for the discrepancy between the dates of moving to Texas in July and his actual separation date from the Patrol in August is that he was on sick leave and vacation time for a period of time before his actual termination date. Nelson advises - that they lived in Mineola, Texas for approximately 6 months and then moved to Lyndale, Texas until approximately July of 1986 when they moved to El Paso and lived there until January of 1987 at which time they moved back to the Tyler, Texas area. He goes on to advise that because of the personal conflicts within him and the conflicts between his wife and the church, in April of 1987 he had moved to Delicias, Mexico where he was working as a missionary in that area. He advises that while in Mexico he was able to ?ome 'to the conclusion that he had, in fact, assaulted and came to the realization that he needed help in dealing with his problem. Around the first of the year (1988), he states that he had returned to the church in Smith County, and had advised Ronald Bernier that he had accepted the fact that he had sexually assaulted and that he needed help. It was at. this time that Mr. Bernier had made contacts with several individuals and had eventually accompanied him to the Smith County 5.0. on or about 1-7-88 where he had given a statement to Melody McKay and turned himself in regarding the criminal sexual charges pending in Smith County. 4. Regarding those charges in Smith Count Mr. Nelson states that although he has no independent memory of committing he knows that he did because of I "visions" that he has. He describes these visions as being similar to looking into two different mirrors, with one mirror looking into his own past and being sexually molested by over a period of time. Those "images" are of - molesting him in a shower, however, he states that he does not see any specific acts being committed, and that is threatening to cut off his penis with a pair of linesman's pliers if he te ls anyone?about the sexual assault. He advises that the sexual assault with - began at an age of approximately 4 or 5 and continued for several years, however, he does not specifically recall when the assaults may have stopped. He states that in the other mirror he sees himself assaulting however, that he does not see the actual sexual acts taking place but only hears saying, "No, no, ., it hurts." He goes on to advise that there is no doubt in his mind that what - - says occurred did, in fact, occur, and that he is willing to accept the responsibility and suffer the consequences of his acts. Nelson further advises that in his "images" he sees himself molesting other children over a period of time, however, the only specific individual that he can remember?is :om Wells, MN. He stated that he?has molested her over a period of 4 to 5 years prior to 1981. That the molestation included fondling, however, there was no sexual intercourse. He states that he recalls fondling her approximately 8 or 9 times, and that the acts would have taken place at his rural Elmore, MN acreage. He further advises that was approximately 7 years old when the molesting began, and that it terminated when she Report of SA Berg #80000335 . Page 3 - was approximately lOor 11. 5. As for the 2 homicides which occurred in southern Minnesota in Martin and Faribault County, Mr. Nelson again states that he has no independent memory or recollection of those homicides, however,.he has "visions" similar to that of the -between himself . and his and As for the Faribault County Jane Doe homicide, he states that the "image" ?that he sees is a Caucasian female on 'her knees nude with someone standing alongside strangling her with some type of cord or rope. He advises that he cannot see it very clearly, and as a result can give no physical description of this female or recognize what her face looks like. He states that in his "image" the death occurred in a field and that her body was placed in some type of ditch with water in it. He goes on to advise that the area where ?the body was disposed of was along I-9O approximately 3 miles east of the Blue Earth? or 169, exit. It should be noted that, 'in fact, the body of Jane Doe was found 6 miles east of the 169 exit. When specifically asked if he believed that he was involved in the death of Jane Doe, Mr. Nelson stated that he "may have had something to do with her death", however he is not sure if he did it, whether he is watching someone do it, or someone told him that they had killed her. Later in the interview Mr. Nelson stated that he has an independent recollection of Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe showing him ,a photograph of the body duringautopsy, and remembers that she had medium length brown hair. When advised that the head hair had been shaved with the exception of a small tuft at the back of the head, he advises that he cannot reconcile the differences and states that he believed that the memory of the hair was from the photograph which had been shown to him. Mr. Nelson was asked about articles of clothing or identification that may have been on the body, and states that he has no recollection what so ever what may have happened to those items. Mr. Nelson stated that at the time of the discovery of the body (5-30-80), he believed that he was off the duty schedule. He goes on to advise that on or about 5-24-80 he was involved in a high speed chase with an individual from Blue Earth that resulted in an accident in the city of Blue Earth. He states that he believes he took a sick day the following day, 5-25-80, and that he had spent some time with a woman by the name of who he was having an affair with at the time. He further advises that he believed that he and - had driven around the Winnebago area. He goes on to advise that as far as he can recall he worked Memorial Day holiday and that the following day he and his wife Susan had driven up to?Detroit Lakes to look at the area in anticipation of transferring to that area. He advises that he was not at the scene where the body of Jane Doe was recovered, nor did he do any specific work or investigation regarding the death of Jane Doe. He states that he did have conversations with Trooper Richard Hall and other deputies from the Faribault County area regarding that homicide, but he does not specifically recall what those individuals had told him. 6. When asked about the transfer from Blue Earth to the Detroit Lakes area and the reason for requesting that transfer, he advises that he and his wife had talked about Ftransferring to the Detroit Lakes area for several years and that an opening had occurred at that time and he took advantage of that transfer. He states that the transfer had nothing to do with the Jane Doe homicide, and in fact had been planned or anticipated for several years prior to the actual transfer. at, W7. Mr. Nelson stated that he believed he may have some old Minnesota State Patrol records that would be in the possession of his wife Susan. He was asked if he would voluntarily turn over those records to us, and stated that he would if he had the opportunity to inspect those records prior to turning them over. Mr. Nelson signed a :onsent to search form authorizing that the Patrol records, if available, be turned over to Detective Melody McKay of the Smith County 8.0., and that he would be given the opportunity to inspect those records prior to seizure. Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 4 - 8. As for the Martin County homicide of Joanne Bontjes, Mr. Nelson states that he has no independent recollection or "images" of that homicide. He states that he was on duty the day of her disappearance and also the day that her body was discovered, and that he had taken part in some of the searches and was at the scene where the body was located. When asked what connection he may have or information he may have regarding that homicide, he states that he has no specific information, however, it is his belief that ex-Trooper Rodney Johnson from Fairmont, MN may have had something to do with her death. He states that the reason for this belief is that Rodney Johnson had as many or more personal and problems than he (Nelson) did and felt that he may have had-something to do with her death. Nelson stated that he infrequently was in the Trimont area even while on duty. That he never visited the area when,he was off duty and that he did not know Joanne Bontjes at all. Mr. Nelson was asked about a.statement that had been relayed to Lt. David Turner by Ronald Bernier regarding a statement that Nelson had allegedly made regarding his ex-partner and having been involved in one or both of the homicides in Martin and Faribault County. He states that after his incarceration in the Smith County Jail, he had had a conversation with Ronald Bernier in which he had been advised that his partner was in jail in Minnesota for sexual assault of his children. He states that at that time he had assumed that the partner was Dick Hall, however, sometime later he had been advised by David Turner that the partner which had been charged with incest was not Dick Hall, but rather Rodney Johnson, and that this fact bolstered his theory that Rodney Johnson may have had something to do with Joanne Bontjes' death. 9. Mr. Nelson states that he will cooperate fully with the investigators regarding the death of Jane Doe, and pass along any information that he can recall. He states that if 1e was involved in the death that he is willing to accept the responsibility and suffer the consequences for that act. He states that' he knows that he needs help and that he will do whatever he can to resolve the issue of her death, as well as the death of Joanne Bontjes. 10. It should be nOted that on 3?31?88, an interview was conducted with Susan Nelson regarding the records kept by her husband while on the Minnesota State Highway Patrol. She states that she does not currently know where those records may be, advising that she knows that shortly after her husband had returned from Mexico that he had destroyed several items by burning, and that he had kept some of the Patrol records. She states that she will attempt to locate those records and turn them over to Detective McKay and Lt. Turner. 'If those records are located, Detective McKay will present them to Run Nelson for inspection and forward them to SA Berg at the Mankato Office of the BCA. 11. Mr. Nelson was requested to provide samples of his head and pubic hair for analytical purposes and consents to do so. He is given a consent to search form which is .filled out in the name of Robert Leroy Nelson, authorizing Robert Berg of the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to Conduct a search for head and pubic hair. Following the reading of that document and signing of it, head and pubic hair samples are obtained from Mr. NElson, are placed in separate manilla envelopes, and will be turned over to the MNBCA Laboratory for analytical purposes. CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE Exhibit #5 - one MNBCA consent to search form in the name of Robert Leroy Nelson, uthorizing search for head and pubic hair of Mr. Nelson. Exhibit #6 - one manilla envelope containing pubic hairs obtained on 3-31-88 from Robert Leroy Nelson. Exhibit #7 - one manilla envelope containing head hairs obtained 3-31-88 from Robert Leroy'Nelson. 31 TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY lanIRepon '?Yeit'gat'm? Rip?? BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREH ENSION '3 Criminal Information Case Closu'Fev - other REPORT OF INVESTIGATION - Approved Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code 80000335 HOmicide H1043 County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribault 5-30-80 SA R.A. Berg SIU Case Title Date and Time of Activity Jane Doe Homicide 3-31-88/ 1300 hours WITNESS l. RONALD THOMAS BERNIER - Senior minister for the "Into the Light Ministries", Rural Route 5, Box 5358, Mineola, Texas 75773; telephone 214-882?7676. 2. CATHY BERNIER - wife of Ronald Bernier, same address as above. SYNOPSIS Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bernier relative conversations that they have had with Robert Leroy Nelson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED 4NBCA SA Robert A. Berg Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County 8.0. Sheriff Jerald Nutt, Martin County 8.0. DETAILS 1. On 3-31-88, the above officers interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bernier at the Smith County 8.0. in Tyler, Texas. That statement was tape recorded and a transcribed copy of it is attached to this report. For complete details see attached transcribed copies. 2. It should be noted that prior to the taking of the tape recorded statement a short conversation is had with Ronald Bernier in which he briefly outlines the information that he has obtained from Robert Nelson, He further advises that during one of the early conversations in January of 1988, he had indicated to Mr. Nelson that the information which was being relayed to him would be passed on to authorities in the state of Texas. According to Mr. Bernier, Mr. Nelson had stated that he understood that and that the only thing that he wanted was help in solving his problems. 3. During Mr. Bernier's statement, he had indicated that at the time that Mr. Nelson had turned himself into the Smith County authorities on 1-7-88, Nelson had turned over to him and his wife a suitcase containing various personal clothing and two spiral notebooks, along with a file folder containing various looseleaf papers which were the remnants of a diary of' Mr. Nelson's, covering a period of- approximately 2 years. Mrs. Bernier had advised the interviewing investigators that she had had a converstion with Mr. Nelson approximately 2-3 weeks prior to 3-31-88 and had reminded him that the items were still 'n their possession. At that time Mr. Nelson had told her to retain his passport and certain insurance papers and that the remainder of the items she could do with as she saw fit. Ronald and Cathy Bernier had consented to turn those items over to Deputy Melody McKay if a letter of request or subpoena was delivered to them. On 3?31-88, a subpoena is obtained from the Smith County Attorney's Office requiring that Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 0age 2 - those items be turned over to Deputy for investigative purposes. At approximately 1630 hours on 3-31-88, those documents are turned over to Deputy MCKay_by Ronald Bernier and are in her custody and possession. Arrangements are made for Deputy McKay to photocopy those items and mail them to SA Berg at the Mankato office. 4. Following the termination of the interview with Mr. and Mrs. Bernier request is made that if any further information pertaining to either the sexual assault investigation or the two homicides in Martin and Faribault County, that this information be relayed to the proper authorities. Both stated that if? possible they ?would. cooperate 'with those investigations and make that information available to us. . 5. On 4-2-88, SA Berg received a telephone gall from the St. Paul office advising that Ronald Bernier had called the St. Paul office of the MNBCA requesting to speak with SA Berg. The information relayed was that Ronald Bernier had had another conversation with Bob Nelson and that Nelson had provided him with three possible names of the victim Jane Doe. Those names were Christina Marie Jacobson, Christine Marie Jacobson, or Carolyn Marie Jacobson, approximate age 30, and that she was from the Milwaukee, WI area. Further that other information was available through Mr. Bernier. 6. At 1442 hours, SA Berg telephonically contacted Ronald Bernier at his residence in Mineola, Texas and he stated that on 4-2-88 he had had 3 separate conversations with Robert Nelson, and that during those conversations Mr. Nelson had admitted killing a female hitchhiker in Faribault County. Mr. Bernier states that Nelson had told him that sometime between the dates of 5-20-80 and 5-26-80 he had picked up a female hitchhiker ho was hitchhiking westboumd on I-90 at the Bricelyn, MN exit. That the girl was wearing blue jeans, t-shirt, hooded sweatshirt, a lightweight Army fatigue jacket, and carrying a purse. Nelson had told him that the clothing had been placed in a plastic bag and had been disposed of in the Blue Earth County landfill. Mr. Bernier further advised that Nelson had told him that he had saved the purse, and had hidden it at an unspecified location. That Nelson had requested that Mr. Bernier be present when these items were recovered. Mr. Bernier further states that in the conversations with Nelson, Nelson had indicated that there was another purse in this location from another "Victim", and it was Mr. Bernier's opinion that there may be other items of interest hidden in this location also. At approximately 1506 hours, a telephone call is placed to Lt. David Turner of the Smith County 5.0. relaying the above Request is made of Lt. Turner to contact Ron Bernier and make arrangements for the both of them to interview Nelson in the Smith County Jail as soon as possible. Later in the evening of 4-2-88, SA Berg is again contacted tar Lt. Turner who advises that he had interviewed Robert Nblson with Ron Bernier present at the Smith County Jail, and had learned the following information. That.on an unspecified date, around 5-24-80, Nelson had picked up a female hitchhiker who was westbound on I-90 at the Bricelyn exit. Turner states that he is given a-clothing description exactly as previously mentioned by Ronald Bernier. That these items had been disposed of at the Blue Earth County landfill, and that the purse carried by this individual was hidden on Nelson's old farm in rural Elmore, MN. The directions given to Lt. Turner for the recovery of that purse are that as one enters the Nelson farmstead -that there is a house to the left, straight ahead is a chicken coop, and just off to the right is a small barn. That on the front of this barn there is a set of double doors. Walking through the double doors into the barn one will find a 2x4 ladder just to the left. In climbing up that 2x4 ladder into the loft and walking back in a direction ?owards the double doors, just to the side is a double wall partition in which the purse ias been hidden. Lt. Turner further advises that Nelson has told him that the name of the victhn was Carolyn Marie Jacobson and that she was a drifter from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. Nelson had further advised Turner that he did not believe that Jacobson would have been reported as a missing person because she was unattached to anyone and was Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 3 - drifting around the country. He further stated that he believed the date of birth would have been in May of 1958. Lt. Turner states that he will prepare a report regarding the interview with Mr. Nelson and forward it to SA Berg at the Mankato office. CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE One micro cassette tape containing tape recorded interview with Ronald Bernier on 3?31?88. Following transcription, it will be retained by SA Berg for safekeeping. RAB/tmg a 98?6-0230-01 TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY InthRepon 3:333:33; BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Case 005?? REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Other I . Approved WAC -, Bureau Number Offense Category . MN Offense Code 80000335 Hbmicide H1043 County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribault 5-30-80 SA R.A. Berg Case Title Date and Time of Activity Jane Doe Hamicide 3-31-88/1653 WITNESS i 1. SUSAN EMMA NELSON - DOB: 1?29-52; address: Rural Route 5, Box 5371, Mineola, Texas 75773, no telephone, however, she can be reached through the Ronald Bernier residence at 214-882-7676. . SYNOPSIS Interview with Susan Nelson, wife of Robert Nelson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MNBCA SA Robert A. Berg 4 Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County 3.0. sheriff Jerald Nutt, Martin County 5.0. Lt. David Turner, Smith County 8.0., Tyler, Texas DETAILS 1. 0n 3-31-88 at 1653 hours, interview is conducted with Susan Nelson at her rural Mineola, Texas residence. During that interview she states that during the early years of their marriage everything seemed to be going along fine, however, after the birth of their first child, on things started to deteriorate. She stated that it was shortly after his birth that Bob had physically struck her for the first time, and that he was becoming more moody and more and more angry. She goes on to advise that 1980 was one of the worst periods in their marriage, advising that their second son David was born in October of 1979 and that shortly after his birth she became preg- nant with her daughter, Megan. She states thatlunrhusband was very unhappy that she had become pregnant again and, in fact, had wanted her to obtain an abortion. She also advises that it was during this period of time that Bob was having an affair with Marcia Royce, and that his fits of anger became more frequent and more violent. She states that during the 13 years that she had lived with him he had physically assaulted her on 5 or 6 occasions, however, there was always the threat of physical violence when he became angry. She further advised that during the latter part of 1979 and early 1980, Bob spent a lot of time away from home, however, after the birth of Megan on 3-20-80, it appeared to her that the relationship between the two of them improved and he spent more time at home with her and the children. She also was under the impression that the affair with Marcia Royce had broken off. . Susan stated that sometime in mid to late May of 1980 (5-24.80) her husband was involved in a high speed chase which resulted in an accident. She states that as she recalls approximately two days after the accident they had taken a trip to Detroit Lakes for a couple days to look over the area in anticipation of transferring to that area. She states that they had been talking about the transfer for a number of years, and that Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 2 - a vacancy had occurred during that period of time. She states that upon returning from Detroit Lakes they had taken a trip to St. Louis for the 6-5?80 wedding of Susan's sister. She states that she did not notice anything unusual about her husband during this immediate period of time other than the fact that upon arriving at the hotel in St. Louis and dis? covering that her brother did not have room reservations she had invited him to stay with them in their room until he could make separate accomodations. She states that her husband became extremely angry at this and had, in fact, gone to.the hotel bar where he Spent the majority of the evening. She stated that this was very much out of character for her husband, and thought it somewhat strange. 3. As for the sexual relationship between her, and her husband, she stated that she con? sidered it normal, with the normal up and down periods that one would expect to encounter. She does state that after the birth of their daughter that sex was not as frequent, but she attributed that to the fact that her husband was unhappy with their marital situa- tion at the time. 4.- Mrs. Nelson states that she had no idea that her husband may have-kept a diary, nor does she know where the diary may be if, in fact, he did keep one. She did state that upOn her husband's return from Mexico, he had destroyed numerous papers that he had been keeping, however, she believed that the majority of those papers pertained to his work withtimaMN State Patrol. She states that she does know that he retained some of those documents, however, she does not know where those documents are currently located, although she will attempt to find them, and if found will turn them over to Deputy Melody 5. Nelson denies that she had any knowledge or suspicions that her husband may be sexually abusing the children or that he was involved in any of the homic' Minnesota. She states that she was aware of the fact that he, from . - 0 time, would physically assault -, particularly?. howeve states that she did not learn of involving - until So advise :5 Jody Whiting, and that this was learned after her husband had gone to Mexico. 4 states that upon learning those facts she had confronted -, hoWever, -. ad not provided her with any details until after he had been in treatment at rill, Texas for a period of time. At that time he had told her that w- sexually abused him numerous times, that he had threatened to kill him with o, gun and a knife, and threats to kill~1 and Mrs. Ne a advises that~ was taken out of the Texas she did not feel that he was receiving the appropriate care, and that he -. currently in a foster home near Terrill, Texas. She further advises that has ed to about any possible sexual abuse they have suffere the hands of -, and advises tht- will not talk about it what ver, and that will talk to her about the situation, however, he has told her I he was not sexually abused by- but that there were numerous verbal threat irected toward him. Specifically, she advises tha had related 'ch took place while hunting near Detroit Lakes that had made some had grabbed him by the shirt, placed the gun to. his chest and thre ned to kill him if he made anymore noise. He also threatened to kill him if he what had transpired.' 6. Mrs. Nelson also states that haw has told her about being sexuall 1bUS9d by . That the abuse included fondl' severa occasions over a period of several years. Mrs. Nelson states Backus, telephone That her address is Rural R0 at in ctober of 1987, she had confronted- number . sexual assault on -, and that completely denies *5 rega Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 ?age 3 - CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE Nb evidence generated by Virtue of this interview. RAB/tmg TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Initial Report Investigation Report BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Criminal Information Case 003?? REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Other - Approved WM Bureau Number Offense Category I MN Offense Code 80000335 Homicide H1043 County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribault 5-30-80 SA R.A. Berg Case Title Date and Time of Activity Jane Doe Homicide 4-3-88/ 1 300 . SYNOPSIS I A search of' rural Elmore farm previously owned by Robert Leroy Nelson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MNBCA SA Robert A. Berg and SA Michael J. O'Gorman Sheriff Roger Fletcher and other deputies of the Faribault County 8.0. DETAILS 1. On 4-3-88, based upon the information received from Lt. David Turner of the Smith County 8.0. in Tyler, Texas relative information that he had received from Robert Nelson nd the alleged hiding of a purse belonging to the Jane Doe homicide victim in Faribault county on 5?30?80, a search of the farmstead previously owned by Robert Nelson is made by the above officers. That property is described as being located in Section 17 of Elmore Township, Faribault County, MN. The property is curently owned by Mr. Sherwood Fenske Krosch. His date of birth is 6-24-37. The mailing address is Rural Route 1, Box 24, Elmore, MN. His telephone number is 507-943-3469. Prior to the search, SA Berg and Sheriff Fletcher explained to Mr. Krosch that certain information has been obtained regarding the possibility that evidence from a homicide in 1980 may be hidden in the barn located on his property. Mr. Krosch states that he will consent to the search of his property and is given a consent to search form by Sheriff Fletcher which he reviews and signs. That document is retained in the custody of Sheriff Fletcher. Mr. Krosch further advises that he purchased the property from Robert Nelson sometime during the fall of 1983. He advises that he believed Nelson actually left the property sometime in early 1981, and that prior to his purchasing the acreage it had been rented to, just prior to their purchase, Dwight and Harold Krueger who? are relatives of the Nelson's. They also advised that prior to the Krueger's leaving there the property had been rented for a short period of time to another couple who he did not recall the name of. Mr. Krosch states that since they purchased the property that the haymow loft area of the barn has not been disturbed in anyway that he knows of. He states that his children do play in the hayloft from time to time, but that no hay or other articles have been removed from that location. _He, his wife and children who were present specifically Were asked whether they had found a purse in the haymow, and all stated that they had seen no such item. 2. During the search of the property by the above officers, no items of evidentiary "alue were found, and the search was terminated at approximately 1645 hours. CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE One consent to search form signed by Mr. Sherwood Krosch currently under the custody and control of the Faribault County 3.0. . Page 1 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribauit County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION TE 1246 UNIVERSITY PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 . MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT hours Agents O'Gorman and Berg meet in BIue Earth, Minnesota at the FaribauIt County Sheriff's Department. An update of basic case information is conducted at that time. I am informed by Agent Berg and Chief Deputy Sheriff GeraId Kabe the morning of the 30th of May, 1980, the body of a nude femaIe, approximate age 25?35, 128 pounds, brown hair with the head shaven, appeared in drainage ditch #5 Iocated approximater six miIes due east of BIue Earth, Minnesota just off Interstate 90 to the north. The morning hours are spent with Chief Deputy Kabe and Agent Berg reviewing the scene at which the body was recovered and going over genera] case information. I am informed that the autopsy was performed by Dr. MichaeI B. McGee, MedicaI Examiner for Ramsey County, having an office at 155 Street, St. PauI, Minnesota. Phone numbers given are as foIIows: for the MedicaI Examiner's Office - 224-7627, and Dr. McGee's number of 221-8828. Assisting Dr. McGee in his investigation wiII be Mr. James Eainng who is the chief investigator for the Ramsey County MedicaI Examiner's Office. Mr. Eainng can be reached at 612?224-7627. In addition to the description of the deceased that is found above, I am informed that the deceased as one ear missing that has been chewn away by rodents, aIso the nose is missing, presumabIe due to the same cause. The ear that remains is pierced for pierced earrings, with onIy one puncture mark. ReportedIy, there are ring marks on both ring fingers on both the Ieft and right hand, however no jeweIry is found to be present on the body whatsoever. The onIy articIe found above the nude body is a Iigature made of what appears to be cotton drawstring type materiaI. The Iigature reportedIy had pIastic tips on each end of the cord, simiIar to that of a shoe Iace. AIso on one end of the cord there are two haIf hitch knots tied and seperated by approximater four to five inches of exposed cord. It is noted by Investigator Berg that the head is shaven except for an area Iocated toward the crown of the head. In this area there is a one quarter inch wide by approximater one inch Tong strip of hair. The hair runs horizontaIIy across the skuII, the Iength of the hair is approximater one quarter of an inch. The hair at that point appears to be brown in coIor, with the rest of the head hair and eyebrows missing. Agents Berg and O'Gorman, and Chief Deputy Kabe discuss the possibiIities of a possibIe cuIt association with the victim. 1346 hours Agent O'Gorman pIaces a caII to Agent Supervisor Robert Rysavy with a request for any reIigious cuIt information that may be avaiIabIe in Minnesota at the present time.. 1350 hours Having been suppIied information by the FaribauIt County Sheriff's Department, Agent O'Gorman contacts Sheriff WendeII KiItz, sheriff of Dickenson County, Iowa, in reference to a missing persons report fiIed by his department on a Debra Ann Pierce, DOB: 5-30-56. Sheriff KiItz advises that he, yesterday, received information from two femaIe companions of Debra Pierce that she somewhat fits the description of the body in question. That She has not been seen for approximater a two to three week? time period, and they know nothing of her whereabouts. Both state that her home town is Omaha, Nebraska, and that she may have had some dentaI work done at the state university Iocated Omaha. Identifies are obtained from Sheriff KiItz inasmuch as his department has had some contact with the person in question. Sheriff KiItz, at this time, does not show her as a missing person, but rather passes this information on for whatever benefit we may derive from it. Agent O'Gorman next contacts the Omaha, Nebraska PoIice Department, the Missing Persons Unit, at 444-5636. The information PS-6-0220 Page 2 CASE 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribaul County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT as we have it is supplied to the Omaha Police Department in an attempt to locate any relatives that may be in the Omaha area. 1415 hours I am given information supplied to the Faribault County Sheriff's Office to the effect that there is a possible subject matching the description of our deceased by the name of Vickie Beto currently missing out of the Minneapolis area. Her relatives and family are from the Brainerd area. Information supplied is that Vickie was last observed on May 18, 1980. That she was living with a Negro male in Minneapolis by the name of Knight. That this Knight apparently was a pimp and had intentions of putting Vickie on the street as a hooker. There is indication that Vickie was in the process of resisting that move, and trying to move away from the Negro male when she subsequently vanished. Vickie's full information is unavailable, the only information we have is Vickie Beto, DOB: 6-13-60, approximate age 20, reportedly Vickie was com- mitted to the Department of Corrections while a juvenile and may, in fact, have a record on state YCC files inasmuch as she was confined to the detention center at Sauk Center, Minnesota for a period of time, year unknown. 1447 hours AgenthTEErman is contacted by Officer Cougan of the Omaha Police Department Missing Persons Unit. Officer Cougan states that he has made contact with the mother of Deb a Ann Pierce and that she will be contacting us by phone directly. Pursuing the cult involvement angle of this case, Agent O'Gorman had occaSion to speak with Captain Charles Babcock of the Minneapolis Airport Police at phone number 726?1177. Agent O'Gorman requested all available information they may have concerning the Hara Krishna religion and/or cult Operating in the state of Minnesota. Under the following by Mr. BabcoCk that the Hara Krisha's used to maintain a temple within the Minneapolis area, but that last year after several incidents with them at the airport and one search warrant that was served at their temple in Minneapolis, the Hara Krishna group moved from Minneapolis and is now located in Chicago, Illinois. To the best of his knowledge, he does not recall anyone from the Hara Krishna being at the airport actively working for approximately an eight month to one year time period. Occasionally, he states that they will have groups come down out of Canada of the Hara Krishna religion and work the airport for several days, then move on. As to their appearance, he states that he has seen both bald and with full heads of hair. He does not recall readily seeing any bald females at the airport, but states that the males do show up bald from time to time. He also states that they have been known to wear wigs to disguise or cover up the baldness. He is unable to supply much additional information other than their involvement with the group at the immediate airport area itself. Agent O'Gorman contacts the Corrections Department Records Unit in St. Paul, Minne? sota requesting any information available on a Tony Beto committed to their facilities past years. Upon a check of their files, I am informed that a Toni Kay Beto was committed by Crow Wing County on 5-1-74. She was sent to the correction facility at Sauk Center, Minnesota. Upon request for information concerning fingerprints on file, I am informed by the Corrections Department agent I am speaking to that there is a card in file, however her file has since gone to the archives and has been filed away. The only information he has is on a 3x5 file card he is reading in front of him. If requested to do so, they will produce the file for inspection and for latent prints. PS-6-0220 Page 80000335 . . TYPE DeaPh PLACE Fa?baul 1: County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE - 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT A call was next placed to the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department at 218-829-4749 in an attempt to determine if they had a set of Toni K. Beto's prints on file. I am informed that they do not, in fact do not have any record of ever coming in contact with Ms. Beto in 1974. Apparently Ms. Beto entered the juvenile facility directly through juvenile court channels with the sheriff's department not being involved. 1635 hours Agent O'Gorman is contacted by phone by Lt. Luverne Hendrickson of the Minot Police Department, Minot, North Dakota. I am informed by Lt. Hendrickson that they had contact with several different vans; of individuals recently belonging to the Hara Krishna religion. He states that the vans were licensed out of the state of Texas. That they were peddling Alfi records on and about the streets of Minot, as well as Bismark, North Dakota. He states that both Bismark and Minot Police Departments came in contact with the individuals, and in fact there would be some names and license numbers on file for those incidents. He approximates the length of time to be two to three weeks ago that the contacts were made, and he will check his files and advise us at a later date of their content. Lt. Hendrickson can be reached through the Minot Police Department at 701-852-0111 or at his residence 701-839-6633. 1727 hours Agent O'Gorman has occasion to contact Detective Val Stevens of the Rochester Police Department, Rochester, Minnesota. Agent 0'Gorman contacts Detective Stevens inasmuch as Agent O'Gorman has knowledge that the city of Rochester has become, over the years, a target for both the Hara Krishna, as well as the Moon organization. Talking with Detective Stevens, he states that yes, in fact, he did remember the Moonies being in Rochester on or about the 24th, 25th and 26th of May, 1980. That he would have issued them a permit to solicite on or about the 22nd or 23rd of May, 1980. On that permit were the names of numerous individuals that were to be in the Rochester area making solicitation. Detective Stevens will contact the City Clerk's office for a copy of that application and get back to us at a Tater date. Agent O'Gorman is contacted by phone by a Mrs. Daisy Pierce of Omaha, Nebraska. Upon an inquiry as to her daughter's location, Mr. Pierce advises the following. That she has not been in contact directly with her daughter for quite some time. That 0n the last contact, which was approximately two to three weeks ago, herqdaughter was home in Omaha, Nebraska. That she was with a female individual who was making a nationwide horseback ride to draw publicity to some cause which she could not remember. That her daughter left on that cross country ride and is currently believed to be headed for a relative of Daisy Pierce's in the state of Virginia. She will contact the relative in Virginia _to see if, in fact, her daughter had shown up or had made contact recently and will get back to us at a Tater date. 6-4-80, 0950 hours Agent O'Gorman received a phone call from Daisy Pierce indicating that she did not believe her daughter was missing. That she has been in contact with her relatives in the state of Virginia, and that On the 20th of May her daughter had arrived at their residence, and stayed for several days and is currently enroute to the state of Florida. Attempts will still be made to obtain any and all dental records that may be present for Ms. Pierce so that her absolute dismissal from the case can be confirmed. Page TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Fam? ham] 1; County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1000 hours Information is received at the FaribauIt County Sheriff's Department on 6-3?80 at approximater 1800 hours that a Mr. James Knight has caIIed from MinneapoIis giving information concerning a niece of his who is found murdered in Iowa. He requests a return caTT. Agent O'Gorman taIks with Mr. Knight at his home, phone number 894-6891, in MinneapoIis. Mr. Knight states that approximater two to three weeks ago his niece, Peters, age 15, was murdered near BeIIeview, Iowa. That her body was Ieft nude, Tying in the ditch. That the 181 investigated the case. ReportedIy his niece had been out jogging after schooI and never returned. She was found in the ditch with, reportedIy, the cord that was used to strangIe her cIose to her body. Agent O'Gorman contacted the 181 in Des Moines, Iowa at phone number 515-281-5138. I am informed that a Mr. Tom Ruonw was the investigator that wouId have supervised the case, and he is currentIy out of the office. 1031 hours Agent 0'Gorman receives a phone caII from a Mr. Gary Backman of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department in CaIifornia, phone number 805-654-2344. Deputy Backman states that he has a missing femaIe since May of 1979. That his missing femaIe, in her address book, has two friends in Minnesota Tisted. He has been in contact with those two friends in Minnesota and at times they have denied that they have been in contact with his victim. The peopIe in Minnesota Tisted are a Debbie, either Roper or Raper, a Gary, a CoIIin, the same Iast name, having an address of RuraI Route 1, Box 4, Cannon Minnesota, 507-263-4621. The victim's name in the Ventura County case is Debra KidweII. She is described as a white femaIe, 28 years of age, DOB: 5-27-52. She is 5'3" taTI, weighing 120 pounds, with brown hair, hazeI eyes. She has a quarter inch circuIar scar near her naveI. She has pierced ears. She was carrying $500 in cash and one bIank check that has never been written. Mr. Backman states that his victim had aTot of dentaI work done, with approximater fourteen teeth being fiIIed as of 1979. Request is made of Mr. Backman to submit his victim's dentaI records and a fingerprint card, if one can be Iocated, to Agent O'Gorman at the Mankato Office. 1300 hours Information is received at the FaribauIt County Sheriff's Department and is given to Agent O'Gorman concerning an incident reported by Chief NestIund of the St. Croix PoIice Department, phone number 485-3131. The information reIates to an . incident that occurred on 7-29-73 in PoIk County, Wisconsin where a 19 yearson girI was her captive, raped and eventuaITy escaped to report those incidents to the police in the metropoIitan Twin City area. In her report to the poIice, she indicated that a 16 year on girI, with her head shaven, was stiIT being her at a cabin in PoIk County, Wisconsin where she had escaped earIier. ReportedIy, this incident occurred approximater six miTes north of St. Croix in a cabin aTong the Mississippi River. Five arrests were subsequentIy made invoIving a James Houser and AshIey Hanson and two to three femaIes. ReportedIy, the arrests were on narcotics charges and that the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Narcotics Unit in St. PauI, Minnesota participated in those arrests. To date, according to Chief WestIund, the 16 year oId femaIe, Sherry ShadIen, has not been Iocated. Upon checking Minnesota Bureau of CriminaI Apprehension fiIes, Agent O'Gorman does Iocate a fiIe by the number of 73000640 which deaIs with the incident in question here. Participating in that incident was now Agent Patrick Shannon working out of Genera] Investigation, St. PauI office. At the time of the incident, Mr. Shannon was in the Narcotics Unit CASE TYPE PLACE DATE ENT: and did participate in the drug arrest. Page 5 80000335 Death Investigation Faribault County DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT In speaking with Agent Shannon, Agent Shannon indicated that at the time of the incident the credibility as well as the truthfulness of the 19 year old girl's statement was in serious question. Upon examination of the Bureau files, it appears that the 19 year old girl did submit to a polygraph examina- tion, and did pass that examination. case for further statistics. Refer to Bureau file aforementioned in this This particular individual will be checked on further as the investigation in this case proceeds. 1058 hours Agent O'Gorman is contacted by Mr. Scott Resek of the Mound Police Department, phone number 472-3711. Mr. Resek has a missing person report filed on a Kevin Donavan. Mr. Resek states the only reason he's reporting this incident to us is that Kevin has had past association with cults, more particularly the Children of God led by a Mr. Moses David. Sunday. with a friend who he had been hitchhiking with. He states that the missing person report was filed as of last Reportedly, Mr. Donavan arrived from Florida on or about the 20th of May Mr. Donavan is described as approxi- mately 5'10?, 140 pounds, brown hair, hazel eyes, having a fair complexion with a reddish face and freckles. jeans and carrying a small brown terrier dog and shoulder bag. He was last seen dressed in a green army shirt, blue Report on file with the Mound Police Department was filed by Mr. Donavan's sister of their city. 1114 hours Agent O'Gorman is contacted by a Mr. Bob Piazza of the Minneapolis Police Department Robbery and Homicide Unit, 612-348-2941. to a missing person report filed with their agency. Mr. Piazza gives information-relating The reporting party is a JoAnne Plein, having a home number of 612-332-0097 and a work number of 872-8744. Ms. Plein reports a missing white female whose head is shaved. She's in her late 20's, dresses in bright colored clothing with numerous layers of clothing such as shawls, coats and long dresses. earrings for pierced ears. unique in her dress. of Minnesota, and rides the bus that Ms. PIein rides on daily. She states the female wears large dangling type She states that she normally wears sandals and is rather She states that she is believed to be a student at the University Ms. PIein states that she has not seen her for approximately a two week time period. 1121 hours . Agent O'Gorman interviews JoAnne PIein by phone at her place of employment. Plein_ states that she read the article describing the missing person in the Minneapolis morning paper. bus #17 of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Transit Commission. She states that she has noticed this female individual riding on She states that this individual gets off at the 19th and Nicollet South station and walks in an easterly direction. She has not seen the individual for the two to three weeks. She states that she does not know her name nor can she give us any information as to associates, regular patrons on the busline. campus area of the University of Minnesota numerous times. Plein states that she has seen her on or about the She states that while on the bus she will enter into discussions on politics and Oriental religions with passengers riding. She appears to be a very opinionated individual. Ms. Plein believes that this individual is involved in either the equal rights movement for women or related movements on or about the campus area. Ms. Plein describes the individual as 5'2" - with blue eyes, approximately 110 - 120 pounds, having pierced ears. She states the individual is fairly complexioned with clear skin. Page 5 80000335 TYPE .Death Investigation PLACE Faribauit County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 I: MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT She states she wears jeweTry on both of her hands as weTI as braceTets on both of her arms. . 1134 hours Agent O'Gorman receives a caII from Mr. Ron Joki, emponee of the University of Minnesota. Mr. Joki's work number is 612?373-0774, his home number is 374-9409. Mr. Joki states that he knows of a student at the University of Minnesota by the name of Nythar KaTere Sheehy having an address of 1706 Stevens Avenue South, MinneapoTis, Minnesota, residence phone number of 612-870-7115. He states that Ms. Sheehy is a bizarre dresser of the India ster. Nears jeweIry and rides the buses to and from the UniverSity Campus. He states that most times she is dressed in sandaTs and pIaid coIored cTothing. He describes her as with a baId head and beIieves she has a smaTI patch of hair toward the back. He estimates her weight at 100-125 pounds, and her age to be somepIace between 25 and 35 years of age. SeveraI attempts are made to contact Ms. Sheehy through phone connections, but to no avaiI. Agent O'Gorman has occaSion to speak with Agent Merton Larson of the Minne- sota Bureau of CriminaI Apprehension. Ms. Sheehy's information is transmitted to Agent Larson and a request made that one of the St. PauI agents attempt to make contact with Ms. Sheehy to determine if her presence is stiII . 1140 hours Agent O'Gorman receives a caII from Luverne Hendrickson, Lieutenant with the Minot PoIice Department, with foIIow up information on the Hara Krishna reIigious cuIt that was given this agent on or about 6-3-80. Mr. Hendrickson advises the foTIowing. That on May 9th a 1979 Dodge van bearing Texas pIates PD2871 was checked by the Minot Police Department. He states the van is bronze or some off shade of gon in coIor. That the seriaI number on the van is B-25JE9K324984. The vehicIe is registered in the state of Texas to the InternationaI Society of Krishna Congregation, 5430 GruIey Avenue, DaIIas, Texas. The driver of that unit was a Mr. Rusty Smith. He states that the Minot PoTice Department made contact with this unit during a time period of approximater 5?7-80 through 5-30-80, but at no time were any femaTes seen. Other maTes were beIieved to be in and about the Minot area, but no information is avaiIabTe on them at this time. On or about 5-29-80, the Bismark PoTice Department came in contact with the foTIowing vehicIes and individuaIs. A Texas registered que Dodge van bearing Texas registration VAM545. No further information is avaiT? abIe on that unit at this time. On May 9th at approximater 7:20 p.m. officers came in contact with a PennsyIvania Iicensed vehicIe CP34028, driven by a Charles Lamkin, DOB: 4-27-55, address of 1112 North MegIey Avenue, Pittsburg, PennsyIvania; sociaI security number 016?46-6601. He was in possession of a Massachusetts drivers Iicense, 016466601. His passenger was an AIfred A. TaraItino, DOB: 3-23-48, address of 99 East 13th Street, Cqumbus, Ohio. Registered owner of that vehicIe is the ISK Congregation, New Martha Township, address of 1112 North MegIey Avenue, Pittsburg, No occasions in North Dakota were any femaIe passengers noticed by any poIice officers who made contact. 1200 hours - Agent O'Gorman receives a teIephone caII from Captain of Detectives of the OImsted County Sheriff's Department, StanTey Anderson. He reports the foTIowing. That he has received information from a JoAnne Orke, phone number 282-9098. Ms. Orke has - Page 7 CASE 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribault County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENT: Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT infOrmation concerning a female that she would have observed while living in Minneapolis and attending college at the University of Minnesota. 1220 hours JoAnne Orke is contacted by phone at 507-282?9098 by Agent O'Gorman. Ms. Orke describes a female in Minneapolis by the name of Nythar Kalere Sheehy. She's described to be approximately rather heavy set, wears her head shaven most of the time but is believed to have had a small patch of hair near the back of the scalp at one time. Ms. Orke states that she knows Ms. Sheehy through contacts with her at the University of Minnesota. She states that Ms. Sheehy in the past has believed to have had emotional problems. It is uncertain at this point in time whether Ms. Sheehy is around in as much as Ms. Orke has not been on the University of Minnesota campus for some period of time. It is believed that Ms. Sheehy still attends the University of Minnesota and that her parents live in the Minneapolis?St. Paul area. Ms. Orke is not able to give the names of Ms. Sheehy's parents. 1230 hours Agent O'Gorman contacts Agent Merton Larson of the Bureau at his St. Paul office. A request was made to have one of the Twin Cities Agents check around the UniVersity of Minnesota campus with the information supplied on the Sheehy girl to see if her whereabouts and well being could be established. Agent O'Gorman is given information by Chief Deputy Kabe that would have arrived at the Faribault County Sheriff's Department on Sunday, June I, 1980, that information is as follows: a car was found abandoned in the westbound lane of Interstate 90 close to the Minnesota?South Dakota border. The car was driven off the roadway and hidden from view of normal traffic. The vehicle licenses number is HXI 680 with Arkansas registration. That vehicle is listed to one Betty Tucker of Rural Route 2, Rogers, Arkansas which is Benton County, Arkansas. The vehicle in question is described as '73 Ford Maverick, tan in color, having 4 doors. The car's exactly location was by the Beaver Creek exit on I-90 approximately 2 miles from the South Dakota border. The vehicle had been checked by Trooper Tony Kozojed SP2302. Trooper Kozojed phone #507-537-6278. Reportedly found in the car were a pair of sandals, miscellaneous articles 0f food, newspapers from the Worthington paper, dated May 24. Also found in the car was a money bag numer 648 from the Owensboro National?Bank of Owensboro, Kentucky. Found in that money bag was 1' mercury head dime. Seen laying on the front seat was 1 roll of exposed 126 mm. film. Reportedly Trooper Gary Vonwald SP310 is currently in possession of the money bag now. Found in the trunk of the vehicle were a woman's undergraments; panty house, jeans, several malnec plates and cups. The car is currently held in storage at the state shop in LuVerne, Minnesota. Reportedly Bentonville Police Department was contacted and their officers had spoke with a Lt. Hall and confirmed that the vehicle in fact was a stolen unit. The driver of the vehicle and theft was identified to these officers as a Charles Lee Turney, Turney is described as being 160 lbs., with brown hair. Turney also uses the alias of Charles Lee Conner and has lived in the Minnesota area around Winona in the past. The subject should be accompanied by his wife Rae Turney, She's described as 170-200 lbs., brown hair, hazel eyes. Reportedly Ray Turney has bad teeth on the sides but the front teeth appear to be in good condition. Mrs. Turney originates out of the state of Colorado and it is believed that family .CUrrently resides there at this time. Several arrest warrants are outstanding for Turney PS-6-0220 Page 8 80000335 TYPE Death Investlgatlon PLACE Faribaul County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENT: Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT on parole violation as of this time. Hall has given information indicating that Turney's mental-condition is rather and Hall believes Turney to be capable of murder. The vehicle was reportedly stolen 3?4 weeks ago. For further information the Bentonville Police Department can be reached at 501-273-2455. Turney has a past criminal record which falls in the classifications of former convictions for burglary and receiving and concealing stolen property. I am informed by Agent Berg that he has observed the vehicle at the state shop in LuVerne. He has observed the clothing that was found in the vehicle. He has not of the opinion at this time that the clothes would fit a female as has been described by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's office to him. 1300 hours Agent O'Gorman makes contact with the Bentonville Police Department, there speaking with it's Chief Mr. Dan Moody. A request was:made of some background on the Turney family as well as a request of Chief Moody to locate Rae Turney to check on her well being. Chief Moody states that he is aware of Charles Turney, describes him as an individual approxi- mately being approximately 170 lbs., having dirty blond or very light brown hair, States he usually wears a moustache and rather heavy thick sideburns. Depending on whether Turney is currently wearing a beard or not a pock-marked face should be noted in his complexion also. States that the family at one time lived in Minnesota in the Winona area, there the father worked for the Fibrate Corporation- He will attempt to get additional information on the family and the well being of Mrs. Turney and get back to us. 1357 hOurs Agent O'Gorman is contacted by Police Department Detective Val Stevens of the Rochester Police Department. Officer Stevens has a missing person reported to him one Tamera Brown, age 19, She's described as 175-185 lbs., hazel eyes, brown hair. Clothing description at the time of her disappearance she was dressed in blue jeans, brown oxford shoes, carrying a knapsack and no other clothing description is available. As to the religious group, cult group information that Mr. Stevens had been talked to before on, he gives the following informationRochester, Minnesota the following Moonie religious group members were present in Rochester: a Donald Edward Marsolek, a Loretta Schauffler, a Ruth Murray, a Deborah Kemp, a Christine Neyroud, Amani Riddick, a Aidan Cunningham, a Gianni Raineri, and a Wayne Price. All of these people were registered with the Rochester Police Department to solicit in Rochester on the above dates. All gave an address of 3200 17th Avenue South, Minneapolis as their base of Operation and their resident address. To the best of Stevens recall all of the above individuals wear all of their hair, none had heads that were shaven. Detective Stevens states that possiblity we should consider our victim may have undergone chemotherapy, possibly at Rochester. If our victim has done that it could be a possible explanation for her not having any hair about the head area. 1415?h0urs The Faribault County Sheriff receives a teletype message from Richland County, Wisconsin indicating a contact with the Iskcon Organization. Iskcon is an abbreviation for the Hara Krishna organization. They advised that they had both males and females in their area recently. That the heads on the males were shaven with a small ponytail remaining in the back upper portion of the head. That the females had not shaved their heads. At that time the officers checked a Dodge van with Illinois registration PJ 3989, register- ed to the Iskon Organization at an address of 1716 Lunt Street, Chicago, Illinois. 9 . Page 80000335 TYPE Death InvestTQatTOn PLACE FaribauI County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1620 hours At the.request of Sheriff GeraId Benjamin, Sheriff of Jackson County, Minnesota Agents Berg and O'Gorman drove to Jackson County and spoke with the Sheriff concerning a prisoner. he currentTy hons in jaiT. PrisOner identified himseIf as Britt Jan Werner of Sickamoor Terrace, apt. 203, Dakota City, Iowa. He's described as a white maIe, 128 Tbs. His arrest date and confinement was that of 6-2-80. The prisoner is acting very stranger according to Sheriff Benjamin. C0pies of a fingerprint card as weII as photographs are coIIected reIevant to his subsequent indentification. The subject was Tater identified by Sheriff Benjamin by fingerprint records on fiIe at the Bureau of CriminaI Apprehension. After further Study on this particuTar individuaI is not beIieved that he is associated with the body but the record information does remain on fiIe at the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. 1723 hoors . . Agent O'Gorman receives a phone caIT from Chief of PoIice Dan Moody of the BentonviIIe PoIice Department. Chief Moody states that he has come into possession of certain medicaI records and persona] data on VioIet'Ree Turney. That Mrs. Turney's maiden name was that of VioIet Ree Dennison. Chief Moody states that her date of birth is 7-26-57. He is uncertain as to her pIace of birth but beIieves she originates out of the Cortez, CoIorado area. Indicates her bIood type is 0 positive. That of the 11 month of 1979 she was she weighed 212 Tbs. States that she shouId have a scar on her stomach due to abdominaI surgery, he is uncertain as of the date of that surgery. States that she is beIieved to have had bad teeth on both sides_ on the rear teeth but that the front teeth shouId be in reIativeTy good condition. States that she had a stiIIborn chiId, beIieved to be in the year 1978. That she may have been arthritic in her Ieft shouIder. This point became difficuTt for Chief Moody decipher the medicaI information that was avaiIabIe to him. He states that he wiII maiI that information to Agent O'Gorman at his office in Mankato, Minnesota. Present with Chief Moody at the time of this phone caII was the owner of the stoIen car, Betty Tucker of BentonviIIe, Arkansas. Mrs. Tucker was particuTarIy interested in what was used to kiII the victim that we have. She states that CharIes Turney purchased a Iength of cotton cIothes Tine r0pe prior to the theft of her vehicIe severaI weeks ago. To the best of her knowIedge that cIotheinne rope was never used by Turney. 2011 h0urs A request was made of the FederaT Bureau of Investigation as to whether or not they kept a missing persons fiIe as such. A request was pIaced to Agent DonaId DeaIing at his Rochester office. Agent DeaIing wiII. check with the Minneapolis office tomorrow in as much as he has to be in the Twin Cities anyway and get back to us. I was next contacted by Agent Patrick Shannon of the Minnesota Bureau of CriminaI Apprehension who gives the foIIowing information: Concerning our possibTe missing person Sheehy, he reports that he has made contact with her parents and that she was seen as of 6-1-80. This eIiminates the Sheehy girI as a possibIe subject in this investigation. 2030 hours Agent O'Gorman makes contact with Terry C. Johnson, Agent for the Iowa Bureau of Investi- gation. Agent O'Gorman requested some information concerning 2 unsoIved homicides in the northern centraT part of Iowa that Johnson has worked on. Johnson reIates that in October, 1978 found in a roadside ditch was a body of nude femaIe. Stated that the body was nude except for a pair of boots and one Teg was in a pair of pants that the victim wouId've had on. Her age was that of between 18-24 years, she is suspected of being kiIIed during the - PS-6-0220 10 CASE 80000335 J'msi TYPE Death Investigation PLACE FaribauIt County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michae] J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT month of JuTy of 1978. The cause of death in that case was never determined. It was reported that the victim's Tower jaw was missing as weIT as the upper teeth having been puIIed. It is further suspected by the IBI that the victim was a hooker, go?go dancer, or possiny even a carnivaI worker. No leads to date have been deveToped to sustain an arrest in that case. He aTso advised of an open case in Kasuth County, Iowa where a IocaI woman, 45 years of age was shot in the back and dumped aTong a roadside ditch. At the time that victim was dumped, she was not clothed from her waist up. Very IittTe information has been determined in that case and no arrests have been made. Information on our case was submitted to Agent Johnson and he wiIT distribute same amongest the state officers in Iowa. 6-5-80"0900 hOUrs Am informed by the FaribauTt County Sheriff's Department that no new Teads or information have come in over night. 0920 hours Agent O'Gorman receives a caII from Pope County Deputy Sheriff Ann Wade. Officer Wade's phone caII is in reference to the foTIow-up on the Pope County missing person report on the 16 year on girT phoned in by her Chief yesterday. Deputy Wade states that it is her beIief that there was a 16 year on girT and that she has just never been found. She is aIso uncertain as to the accuracy of the informants information other than the fac. that the informant did take a poTygraph test and in fact did pass same. She passes this information on for it's merit. Shoqu be noted that as part of this investigation report that the information submitted by Agents of the Narcotics Section that worked on that case as weTI as the poTygraph information wiTI become a part of this report. '1055 hours Agent O'Gorman is informed by Agent Berg and Chief Deputy Kabe that a beIief that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation may have had a homicide case in which the head and eyebrows had been shaved off the victim, repIy to that information Agent O'Gorman contacts Agent Supervisor Robert CTester at 913-267-5000. Agent Supervisor CTester advises that he has just had an update on the open homicide cases that they currentIy have. He consuTted with a resource examiner that is doing the work and both say that they have no cases that match that case description. ?1113'h0Urs Agent O'Gorman contacts Jerry Hoirup Lt. on the Bismark, North Dakota PoIice Department. Lt. Hoirup states that they have a missing person from Emmit, North Dakota. It is a femaIe who shouId be in her ninth month of pregnancy. The femaTe is described as a white femaIe, 160 Ibs., bIondish-brown hair with brown eyes. The missing person's name is Margret D. IgeTehart, That the McCTean County Sheriff in Washburn, South Dakota is the originator of the missing person report. It is feTt that the missing person may have had some emotionaT probTems. And that she wouId have had disappeared in the Bismark area. Lt. Hoirup wiTI send dentaI charts from a dentist by the name of Dr. Taft in Minot, North Dakota for identification purposes. Shoqu be noted that those dentaT records were checked by the Ramsey County MedicaTaEXaminer's office and found not to be those of our victim. PS-6-0220 Page 11 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribau} County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1130 hours Agent GIGorman makes c0ntact with the University of Minnesota Police Department at 612- 373-3550. A request to the Captain of the Detectives on duty the names of Doctors that may be able to assist us in backgrounds of the different religious cults that we are looking at that the victim in this case may have been associated with. Captain states he will contact several different departments and see if he can find us a well versed individual on these cults. 1145 hours Agent O'Gorman has occasion to contact the Iowa Bureau of Investigation at Des Moines, Iowa, there speaking with a Mr. Tom Ruxlow at 515-281?8711. Ruxlow states that last evening Agents Bill Brosnahan and Dick Searl effected the arrest of Albert Lara for murder. Mr. Lara is arrested reference to the niece of James Knight who spoke to on 6?4-80. The homicide occurred near Belview, Iowa. .Informed that the murder occurred on the 14th of May, 1980 and that Lara checked himself into the Veterans Administration Hospital on the 15th day of May, 1980. That the victim was strangled, that Lara's vehicle was used in the killing. Beyond that information Ruxlow is sketchy as to the details. He states it would be best to contact Agent Brosnahan and Searl during the afternoon hours to get the full rundown on the case and possible involvement by that suspect in our case. 1215?hours Agent O'Gorman received a phone call from a Twin Cities attorney who represents a confidential client. At the request of the attorney and the confidential client neither parties names will be used in this report. I am informed by the attorney that his client has given the name of William Murphy, presently residing in Prescott, Wisconsin as being a possible suspect in this case. Stated that Murphy was convicted in 1975 in Worthington for indecent liberties with a minor. That the criminal history file in Worthington is that of 01304. That his client recalls something in the previous trial of Murphy's that maybe associated with the shaving of heads. The attorney recommends that we obtain a copy of the file and review it for possible leads. The only other identifying information on Murphy was that he was Vietnam veteran and that he served in Vietnam during the years of 1967-1968. Murphy recently held a job in the Minneapolis area but as of Tuesday, May 13, 1980 he was either laid off or fired, he's no longer employed. That Murphy's parents, a Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Murphy owned a grocery store in LuVerne, Minnesota and is believed lived at 405 North Freeman, that city. The attOrney's client states if in fact Murphy has been laid off, he may have gone to LuVerne to visit with his parents and may in fact have passed through our area at the time of our incident. 1331 heurs Agent O'Gorman had occasion to talk to 131 Agent Brosnahan. Brosnahan indicates that Lara was hospitalized at the VA hospital in Knoxville, Iowa since the 15th to the current date. That he was arrested at the VA hospital. That a subsequent search warrant was executed on his vehicle and articles of clothing of the deceased in their case were found in his car. That Lara has given them a detailed statement of the assault and subsequent homicide as well as other incidents of aggravated assault and shootings that he has been involved in the past. Agents of the BCI will re?contact the state hospital in Knoxville and confirm that in fact Lara was present at the hospital from the 15th through the date of his arrest. Page 12 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribauit: County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1530'hours Agents O'Gorman and Berg drove to Worthington, Minnesota and there reviewed case fiIes C1304 in NobIes County, cIerk;of District Court's office. Upon reading the entire court transcript and pertinent data, nothing of benefit couId be arrived at concerning our case currentIy under investigation. hours Agent O'Gorman is in receipt of information from the University of Minnesota PoIice Department reference the 2 doctors that may have some knowIedge on cuIts operating in the United States. Agent O'Gorman first contacts a Dr. Bob Ross at 612-378-9173. Dr. Ross is Professor of Socioquy at the University of Minnesota, he states that to the best of his knowIedge no cuIts in the area or for the matter in the United States use hair as symboI of their reIigion. He states that to the best of his knowIedge no cuIts require their femaIe patrons to shave their heads. Agent O'Gorman next contacts a Dr. Robert Tapp at 612-377-6657. Dr. Tapp is Professor of ReIigious studies at the University of Minnesota. EssentiaIIy his information is the same as Ross's, to the best of his knowIedge there is no rituaI meaning in the shaving of the hair. Both Drs. state that both the Moonies as weII as the Hara Krishna reIigion opposes vioIence. Both state they wouId be very surprised if in fact the kiIIing was cuIt orientated. '646-80 0844 hours Information is received from Deputy Jerry Anderson of a possibIe subject that maybe missing. Subject Patsy Gay, address of BIack Creek, Wisconsin, Deputy Anderson received a set of dentaI records from a Derert CarIson of DeIavan, Minneosta. The dentaI records were turned in by CarIson on this girI in as much as she has not been heard in sometime. The Gay girI use to Iive with the CarIson famin. They requested the dentaI records be checked. DentaI records were checked by the Ramsey County MedicaI Examiner's office and found to be not the one of the deceased subject. 1330 hours Agents O'Gorman and Chief Deputy Kabe as weII as Chief Deputy James Larson of the BIue Earth County Sheriff's Department met with Dr. McGee and Jim Eiinng, chief investigator for the Ramsey County MedicaI Examiner's office. DentaI records were re-viewed, case information to date was re-viewed, known medicaI background and pathoIogy background on the case was re?viewed to date. 1820 hours Upon return to the Mankato office Agent O'Gorman was advised that the Sheriff's office at Austin was trying to make contact. Agent O'Gorman has occasion to speak with Sheriff Wayne Goodnature of the Mower County Sheriff's Department at 437?6851. Sheriff Good- nature advised that they had a rape incident on the evening of 6-5-80 invoIving an attempted stranguIation as weII as gun incident. The assaiIant was identified tentativer as a Mr. John T. Mr. is described as having a southern accent, beIieved to have originated out of the Houston, Texas area. That Mr. had Iived around the BrownsdaIe area in his county for approximater 1 month time period. That it appears to Sheriff Goodnature that this particuIar incident was pIanned in as much as he has found an individuaI that soId Mr. a 25 caIiber automatic weapon which was used in the subsequent assauIt. The assauIt invoIved sodomy as weII as other erotic sexuaI behavior. The case is currentIy under investigation by Deputy Bruce Sorenson and James BartIett. 'Sheriff Goodnature states that the victim of this case couId be avaiIabIe for interview and that additionaI information may be gIeaned from his investigator reports fiIed on the matter. PS 43?0220 Page 13 CASE #2 . TYPE Death Investigation PLACE FaribauTt County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 2 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENTI MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 6-7?80 0900 hours Agent O'Gorman is informed that a Mr. DougIas FurTey of Kiester, Minnesota has picked up a woman's jacket found anngside a roadway recentIy. That jacket has been brought to the FaribauTt County Sheriff's office and appears to be a woman's softbaII jacket. That jacket is retained by the FaribauTt County Sheriff's Department. Arrangements were made with a Mankato teTevision station to tape record a pIea for additionaT information concerning the victim in this case, that taping is to be made during the AM hours of 6-8-80 by Sheriff Roger FIetcher, FaribauIt County. 1000 hours . Information is received from the Fairmont PoIice Department concerning an incident that occurred in Fairmont on 5-27-80. This incident invoIves a subject by the name of DonaId DiIIon Gottino. ReportedIy the incident in Fairmont is defrauding an innkeeper type of case. However, at the time Gottinio Ieft his room on 5-29?80, the cIeaning personneI at the moteI noticed a quantity of bIood present in the bathroom area of that moteI. Gottino according to Fairmont authorities appears to be frauduIent in nature in as much as he is attempting to pass checks that are no good and is giving phony stories about his business deaIings with peopIe that he comes in contact with. . 1058 h0urs AdditionaI information is in on Gottino that indicates that he is currentTy in custody at the NicoIIet County Sheriff's Department. 'That the St. Peter have arrested him in reference to check charges. That officers Kurt Tuma and Jerry Usta, officers in charge of making the arrest. Time of arrest no vehicIes are known to be present. Copies of the Fairmont PoIice investigation as weTI as the St. Peter poIice investigation wiII be accessibIe as part of this report aIso. AdditionaI background investigation wiTT be done on Gottino in as much as he was traveIIing in or around the vicinity at which the victim in the case currentIy under investigation was found in the drainage ditch. . 6-7-80 1330 hOUrs Investigator Bruce Sorenson, Chief Deputy Jerry Kabe and Agent O'Gorman interview Dorothy Rudd, address of RuraI Route 1, Box 104 at her residence in BTooming Prairie, Minnesota. Rudd is the victim of a sexuaT assauIt by virtue of subject she is identified as John T. During heriinterview which was rather Ms. Rudd states that appeared in or around the Austin area around the 23rd of ApriI, has Iived with her through 6-80. has beIieved to have worked at one time for AITied Van Lines in as much as he had some cIothing from that company and has made comments about doing trucking working for that company. appears to have confined himseIf to the immediate Austin/BrownsdaIe area. woqu have access to Ms. Rudd's car during her normaT work hours which f1ucuate but normaTIy run between 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM at night. would usuaTTy pick Ms. Rudd up and return to their residence. During the MemoriaI Day weekend Ms. Rudd states that they had gone to a sister's cabin at Wabasha, Minnesota and remained there throughout the entire MemoriaI Day weekend. Ms. Rudd states that they returned to the BrownsdaIe area on Tuesday the 29th of ApriT, 1980 in as much as she had to go to work from the hours of 5?in the afternoon to 1 morning. She states that had been getting rather moody during the end of the week, starting around the of May through the 3rd of May. That she had overheard a conversation between himseIf and a truck driving buddy so to speak by the CB handIe of Turn at a truck stop in Austin, Minnesota. This conversation concerned a shooting that had occurred in Texas. ReportedIy the shooter was friend Turn, she cannot give any more details on that issue. gave Ms. Rudd a ring just prior to his Ieaving. The ring is a man's diamond ring described as having a I Page 14 JW 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Far-b3 Count BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE - 1 1246 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT white gold band with a square top and a rather large diamond in the center. The size of the-ring was estimated between size 8 and size 9. She states that she looked on the inside band of the ring and it was made of 18kt gold. obtained the ring around the 3rd day of June, Hall had stated to her that he purchased the ring from the 76 truck stOp in Austin, Minnesota. Ms. Rudd is not in possession of that ring in as much as she took it off and laid in a jewelry box and it is not missing since Hall's departure. Hall also gave her a 2nd ring, that ring being described as some custom jewelry with a silver band, on the top of the ring there is 6 small stones running parallel with the ring band in the center on either side are 2 larger stones, all stones are amber in color. The band is a 3 ribbed adjustable band. This ring was given to Ms. Rudd prior to Memorial Day and she turns that ring over to the Mower County Sheriff's Department for comparison with rings that maybe on sale at the 76 truckstop. No photographs were ever taken of Hall. A possible friend or connection in the state of Florida would be a Peggy Yates of Rural Route 3, Box 937, Arcadia, Florida 33821. Hall requested Ms. Rudd to send a letter to this individual requesting that Peggy Yates send him $50 for a car that Hall he sold to her at one time. Indicated in the letter was the address at which Hall was currently residing in essence that was the entire content of the letter. A c0py of the Mower County incident report to the date of this interview will be come a part of this report. 215P hours 'GOrman contacts Patrolman Randy Tuma of the St. Peter Police Department. Contact is made in regard to the information in their files on Donald Dillon Gottino, address given of 4860 Oxford Drive, .walk, Iowa, According to Officer Tuma Gottino appears to be falsifying bank information on check blanks that he is passing . in an attempt to obtain money. Upon doing some preliminary checking Agent O'Gorman finds out that there is no 4860 Oxford Drive in Norwalk, Iowa.? Additional background informa- tion is collected on Gottino for identification purposes. A fingerprint card will be submitted to the Minnesota Bureau CJIS section on Monday 6-12, 1980 for their considera- tion in an attempt to identify Gottino. 6-8480 Taping of Sheriff Fletcher's appeal for additional information was made at the Mankato television station, it is subsequently distributed to television stations in Albert Lea, Rochester, Sioux Falls and Mankato. 1649?h0urs Agent O'Gorman contacts the Fairmont PD and is informed of the following, that while Mr. Gottino spent time at the Bell Motel a clean?up lady, one Deborah Sukalski, address of 713 North Avenue, reported that she observed a larger then normal quantity of blood in the bathroom of Mr. Gottino's room. According to the clean-up lady the blood was more then you normally would find if someone had simply cut themselves shaving. Also found in the sink were quantities of hair. Several books of matches were found lying about the interior of the room but yet no cigarette butts were found in any of the ashtrays. Gottino checked out of the motel room on the 29th of May at approximately 3:30 PM in the afternoon without paying. Prior to his checking out it is reported that Gottino backed his motor vehicle up to the door of the motel for reasons unknown. No one observed Gottino loading anything that was heavy into the back of the vehicle at that time. According to the people at the motel he was driving a lighter colored station wagon at that time. Page 15 80000335 . I TYPE Death Investigation PLACE FaribauIt County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENT: MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 6-9-80 Agent O'Gorman proceeded to St. PauI, Minnesota there meeting with Agent MaIinosky in an attempf to Iocate Mr. CharIes Ritter at 3236 HumboIdt Avenue South, MinneapoIis, Minnesota, 612-827-1993. Mr. Ritter is reportedIy a business associate of DonaId DiIIon Gottino. Mr. Ritter is reached Iate in the afternoon of 6-9-80 and an appointment is set for the foIIowing morning, 6?10 at 9:30 to meet him. Agent O'Gorman and Agent MaIinosky proceeded to the Ramsey County MedicaI Examiner's office, there speaking With Dr. McGee again concerning medicaI records on severaI missing persons that have been submitted to us. None of the medicaI records that were submitted are our victim. We're informed by the MedicaI Examiner's office that the victim's bIood contained no aIcohoI or no drugs. The sexuaI assauIt resuIts are not compIete as of this time. That there is insufficient bIood avaiIabIe to the MedicaI Examiner's office for group and typing. 1645 h0urs Agent O'Gorman made contact with Detective David TecIaw of the Hopkins PoIice Department. Det. TecIaw states that he has DonaId DiIIon Gottino under indictment for the passing of frauduIent checks and that he wiII be coming to court in their system on or about the of JuIy 1980. 6410480"0919'hOUrs Agent MaIinosky and Agent O'Gorman interview CharIes Ritter. Mr. Ritter is found at a parking Iot at the intersection of 32nd and Hennepin where he is currentIy working on a mobiIe trailer. Ritter states he first met Gottino in MinneapoTis 3?4 months ago. That their initiaI acquaitance was rather unique. rStated that he was at a 24 hour restaurant near Lake Cthoun, having breakfast after working a performance one evening. That Gottino came up, introduced himseIf, after a short conversation offered to buy Ritter's meaI for him. That he did not hear from Gottino for quite some time, untiI very recentIy when he received a caII from Gottino asking him to do some puinc reIations work for Gottino's business in Des Moines, Iowa. Ritter states that Gottino wanted 3-4 days of Ritter's time for promotionaI purposes and for that he was to be paid $750. Ritter states that he was given a check by Gottino for $750 which he Ritter deposited in his bank account. He drove to Des Moines, Iowa on the instructions of Gottino to an address of 541 5th Street West in west Des Moines. Finding no one at that address Ritter states he knew of an oId friend of his who runs the BIue Bird MoteI in Des Moines where he spent the first evening. The next day he returned to 541 5th Street and met the manager of Gottino's business, one Mr. Larry Lowery. Gottino showed up Tater on that morning and the three of them went around the Des Moines area Iooking at signs that Gottino reportedIy instaIIed in grocery stores. Mr. Ritter states that he was never? totaIIy sure of what he was suppose to promote for these men. After severaI days of more or Tess hanging around and doing nothing in Des Moines, Ritter advised the two gentIeman that he wouId be more than happy to do promotionaI work at such time as they wouId determine what type of work they wanted him to do and when they did determine that to contact him and he wouId come back to Des Moines. Ritter states that upon returning to MinneapoIis he found out that the $750 check that had been drawn on the bank was no good. Ritter aIso had contact with the bank that the check was written in, that's the West State Bank of Des Moines, at 1601 22nd West Street, Des Moines, Iowa, 515?225-2300. At that bank he spoke with a MarIene Cox who advised him that there was not sufficient funds in the account to cover his check. Mr. Ritter cannot exactIy remember the evening that he returned home, however, he believes it to be approximater the 29th of May, 1980. He does recaII a Iarge storm that he drive through in and about the Austin area. Upon returning home, Ritter found a biII from the Sheraton Motor HoteI indicating that Gottino PS-6-0220 Page 15 CASE TYPE DeaTh InvestIQatIOH PLACE Fari bauI County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 MichaeI J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT had thrown a party that Ritter had been at and that Gottino had not payed the biTI but rather put it in Ritter's name. Ritter states that Gottino aIso cIaimed to be some sort of a booking agent for bands and that he was trying to get bookings for different groups throughout the metropoIitain area. To the best of Ritter's knowIedge Gottino does have a famin that wouId Iive in CoIorado or Wyoming, however, he is not abIe to give us any information as to the size or accurate Iocation of them. Gottino supposedTy has a office phone of 776?5183. That the manager is referred to by the first name of Andy and he can be reached at a home number of 822?1738. Agent O'Gorman spoke with accounting department at the Ambassador Resort Motor HoteI Iocated at 5225 Wayzata BIvd. MinneapoIis, Minnesota, phone #612-545-0441. Ambassador Resort Motor HoteI currentIy has an outstanding biTI on Gottino and Chuck Ritter of $260.42. NouId appear frauduIent check was issued for the payment of that biII at the time. AIso that Gottino showed an address at that time is 3236 HumboIdt Avenue South, MinneapoIis, Minnesota, that being the residence of CharIes Ritter. Ritter states that no time has Gottino ever stated his residence. '1450'h0Urs Upon returning to FaribauIt County I am informed by Agent Berg that they have been in contact with a Mr. Dean Stephenson who is the under Sheriff at Montozoma County, Cortez, CoTorado. I am aIso informed that Cortez, CoTorado is the home town area of Virginia Ree Dennison. Upon contacting under Sheriff Stephenson at 303-565?8441, Stephenson states that Turney's brother is currentTy confined to the state penitentiary in New Mexico. That on this date, Stephenson came into information from the state prison New Mexico that Turney's brother has given information that Turney may have been invoIved in a murder in the BIue Earth, Minnesota vicinity and that the car was subsequentIy ditched by Turney. The the car invoIved in the incident is a stoIen car out of Arkansas. Stephenson states that he wiIT check the Cortez, CoTorado area for dentaI records on a VioIet Ree Dennison, aka/VioTet Ree Turney. Stephenson states that he received this information from a Captain in security at the penitentiary in New Mexico and gave us a phone number where he coqu be reached. ApproximateTy 15 minutes Tater we receive another caII from under Sheriff Stephenson who advises the foIIowing; that the date of birth on VioIet Ree Dennison, aka/ VioIet Ree Turney wouId be that of 07-26-57. Reports that dentaI records he has been abIe? to Iocate wouId indicate a root canaI fiIIing on tooth That the brother who is giving information from the state penitentiary in Canyon City, New Mexico is Anthony N. Turney, date of birth 03-31-59, That he goes by the nickname of Tony. That Tony's brother who maybe under suspicion in this case wouId be that of CharIes Lee Turney, FBI That Turney aIso goes by severaI aIiases aka/CharIes Conner; aka/Jason CoIbert; aka/Tony Turney; aka/CharIes Rachiff. JuTy of 1976 he was arrested on a possession of a deadly weapons charge. That Turney aTso has 2 theft charges in his background. Stephenson states that at the time Tony Turney caIIed he was showing much concern for his wife and family. Tony had advised that he feIt his brother maybe in route to murder his famin in Cortez, CoIorado area. We are given the name of Captain Gindro at the state penitentiary, 303-275-4181 ext. 374 as the person to contact to speak with Tony Turney. Further advised that the parents name of Virginia Ree Dennison is that of a Mr. James Conner, who is the step-father. He receives his maiI at P.O. Box 243 SiToan Springs, Arkansas. They Tive in an area caIIed Kansas OkIahoma which is just adjacent to his maiIing address. Page 17 CASE 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribault County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENT: Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1625 hours Agent OIGorman and Sheriff Fletcher speak with Captain Gindro. Arrangements are made to have attorney brought to the phone. Captain Gindro gives this background. That he received word from inside the prison on this date that Tony Turney wanted to speak to him reference a letter that he had received from his parents in Siloan Springs, Arkansas. According to the letter he had received, it is Gindro's infor- mation that his family may be in danger in as much as his brother is believed to have murdered his wife. That a stolen car from Bentonville, Arkansas is reportedly involved in this case. That Violet Ree Dennison, AKA Violet Ree Turney, has been missing for approximately two to three weeks. 1701 hours Turney is interviewed by Sheriff Fletcher and Agent O'Gorman by phone. That inter? view is tape recorded and the contents of that will become a part of this report. In synopsis, Turney again confirmed that he had received a letter from his parents in Bentonville indicating that Violet Ree had been missing for two to three weeks. That his brother was believed to have been involved in a homicide up in Minnesota involving Violet Ree and a stolen car out of Arkansas. Tony gives the following description of his sister-in-law, Violet Ree Turney, as having brown hair, approxi- mately shoulder length, rather heavy set, 130-140 pounds, however he is uncertain of the height in as much as he is quite a tall individual himself and states he has a tendency to rate people taller than what they really are. He states she was rather large in through the chest and was rather large in through the hips and thighs. He stated that she had worked as a waitress in truck stops in and about the Bentonville area in the past. That she would have very poor teeth. To the best of Tony's knowledge, the only medical records that would be available on her would be in the Bentonville and Rogers, Arkansas areas. He states he believes she was arrested for shoplifting in Bentonville, Arkansas, and they may have a fingerprint card on file for her. He states that the entire family lived in the Winona, Minne- sota area at one time, and made numerous friends there. One of Charles' closest friends lives in an area called the Badger Valley in Houston County right around Houston, Minnesota. The name of that friend is a Mr. Toby Chandler. He further states that his brother has a close friend in Delhart, Texas who does dry wall and construction work. He is unable to supply us with that individualls name at the present time. He states that his brother drinks very heavily, and has become rather in recent years. He relates an incident where he, Tony, was shot by his brother, Charles, in a family argument a number of years ago. He states that he feels that his brother is definitely capable of homicide. 6-11-80, 0900 hours . With no new leads having been developed overnight in the case, the focus of the inves- tigation is swung toward the recovery of the stolen car out of Bentonville, Arkansas believed to have been driven by Charles Lee Turney. 0940 hours Detective Brian Wetterland of Houston County area, 507-724-3379, is contacted. Request is made of him to check with the Chandler family in or about the Badger Valley area to see if Turney has made contact with them. Hetterland will check and advise us back. Pseozzo 18 00335 Page Investi ation TYPE Faribau1t Co PLACE BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENT: Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1000 hours Agent O'Gorman is advised by Agent Berg that he has come into information concerning a United Parcel Service semi driver that had passed an abandoned vehicle on the 27th of May. That abandoned vehicle has since been identified as the one that is currently in custody in Luverne, Minnesota. Reportedly, the driver states that he observed a male individual walking from the vehicle up toward 1-90. It appeared to him that the individual was going to become a hitchhiker in the westbound lane at that time. That the United Parcel Service driver had originally given this infor? mation to Trooper Gary VonWald, SP 310, in Worthington. VonWald's phone number is 376-5864. The driver of the United Parcel Service truck goes by the CB handle of Buckshot, and is believed to live or work out of the St. James, Minnesota area. He was later identified as a Glen Junker of St. James, Minnesota, home phone number of 375-5583. 1131 hours Investigator James Easling of the Ramsey County Medical with information concerning the possible root canal job that had been done on Violet Ree Turney's number eight tooth. Upon checking the dental charts and x?rays, Investiga- tor Easling does not see anything that matches that description on the documents in front of him. He states he will check this information further, and as soon as a full dental chart can be obtained of Virginia they will attempt to make further identification. Agent O'Gorman and Agent Berg review a set of photographs that have been develOped from a roll of 126 colored film found in the front seat area of the stolen car from Bentonville, Arkansas believed to have been stolen and driven by Charles Turney. Upon examination of that film we find a photograph of a high school diploma and I identify same to the Hartville Senior High School, Hartville, Missouri. That school is contacted at 417-741-6223. The name on the graduation diploma is not readily readable, however the first name appears to by Connie, the last name appears to start with the letter Making contact at that school, we spoke with an elementary principal, a Mr. Bob Dryer. Upon giving him the physical description of the female that is seen in the photographs, as well as the description of the gymnasium, Mr. Dryer states that he believes the graduation was during the 1978-1979 school year, and during that school year they would have had an individual graduating by the name of Connie Paulette Moore that would match the description of the individual on the photographs. According to Dryer, Connie Moore's father is a Paul Moore of Rural Route, Hartville, Missouri. That Connie would have a date of birth of 7?22-61. The Sheriff's Office at Hartville, Missouri was contacted at 741-7576? and there we spoke with Sheriff Leo Bradshaw. He is the sheriff of Write County, Missouri. Information was given as to the Moore family and girl and the relationship of the pictures to the stolen car, and possibly to Turney. 1447 hours The sheriff's office at Blue Earth received a call from the sheriff's office at Worthington indicating that they had had contact very recently with several indi- viduals believed to be that of the Hara Krishna religiOn. Agent O'Gorman contacts Sheriff Dick Kaufler at 218-736-5421. The sheriff advised the following. That on 6-2-80 they had contact with two individuals: 1) a William Curtis Klein, giving an address of 1111 Roselee Street, Houston, Texas; 2) Alfons Anto Kainer, of 9001 Kempwood, Apartment 93, Houston, Texas. Both subjects were riding in a van with Texas license plates VAM 545. The van was described as being blue and white in PS-6-O22O Page 19 CASE 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribauit County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE - 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT color and the manufacture was Dodge. No females were seen with these two individuals. Both male individuals had their heads shaven except for a small tuft of hair in the back. ?Sheriff Kaufler stated the thing that was outstanding about the two was in the fact that both were arrested and subsequently booked on misdemeanor charges. Bond was set on both at $300. Bond was posted by both and neither returned for court. The forfeited $600 bail. 1626 hours Sheriff Bradshaw returns a call giving the following information. That Mrs. Moore is a aunt of Violet Ree Dennison, AKA Violet Ree Turney. That Violet and her husband, Charles Turney, were at their residence approximately two weeks ago. That they left the Moore residence on May 24th with conversation indicating that they intended to go to Texas. Mrs. Moore states that at the time they left, they were driving a brown over gold Ford Maverick four door car. Mrs. Moore describes Violet as being 23 years of age in July, being approximately rather stockily built with her poundage estimated at approximately 200 pounds. She states that Violet has brown hair, was wearing no rings at that time. The Moore's report that upon the leaving of Turney's they noticed that certain possessions of theirs had been gone through. One of the articles that is currently unaccounted for is an instamatic camera that would have been in a bedroom in the Moore residence. In that camera should have been film with photographs of a daughter's graduation during the 1978-1979 school year. Mrs. Moore states that Violet Ree had been raised in the Cortez County, Colorado area. Any medical records that would available should be in that immediate vicinity. 6-11-80, 1730 hours Agent O'Gorman and Agent Berg drove to Fairmont, Minnesota and there interviewed Donald Dillon Gottino at the Martin County Law Enforcement Center. After being read the Miranda Warning, Mr. Gottino consented to speak with us about the case currently under investigation. Mr. Gottino states that he lives at 4860 Oxford in West Des Moines, Iowa. That he has a business called ADCO Communications docated at 541 5th Street West in West Des Moines, and that that business deals with display advertising for supermarkets. That he has travelled extensively in, the state of Minnesota in the last thirty days. That most of his travel has been along Highway 169 from the Minnesota-Iowa border to Minneapolis. He states that he has done business primarily in the following towns: Fort Dodge, Iowa; St. Peter, Minnesota; Fairmont, Minnesota; and Minneapolis and St. Paul. That during Memorial Day weekend he initially states he spent that time in Des Moines, Iowa with his general manager, Mr. Larry Lowry, at the 4860 Oxford address. After some extensive questioning, Mr. Gottino admits that he was in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Ambassador Resort Motor Hotel from 5-24 through 5-26. That while there, he was joined by Mr. Charles Ritter. Upon leaving the Ambassador Hotel on the 26th he drove to Fairmont, Minnesota where he checked into the Bell Motel. He states that he stayed at the Bell Motel through the afternoon of the 29th, at which time he left there without paying his bill, and drove to Des Moines, Iowa. He states that . he returned to Minnesota on or about the evening of 6-2-80 and at that time stayed at the Lakeview Motel in Fairmont with his general manager, Mr. Larry Lowry. While in Fairmont on both occasions and both dates, he has spent time at the lounge at the Holiday Inn at Fairmont. meeting and photographing numerous women in his travels. Gottino's personal effects are brought to the interview room, and a series of approximately 85 - 100 photographs are reviewed by Agents Berg and O'Gorman and Mr. Gottino. Photographs of females that would closely Page__2__0_ 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation PLACE Faribaui 1; County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT match in body stature are obtained from Mr. Gottino with his permission for identifi- cation purposes. Gottino supplies addresses and names and as much identifying infor- mation'as he can recall concerning these females. photographs are obtained from Gottino, as well as a room key for the Bell Motel, Room 220. Upon completion of this interview, the motel room key is turned over to Patrolman Gus Anderson of the Fairmont Police Department. Photographs are retained by Agent O'Gorman. Identifying information is obtained from Mr. Gottino as to his background. That he at one time was married and has a wife by the name of Caroline Gottino. She has a phone of 303-223-8110. That his general manager, Mr. Larry Lowry in Des,Moines Iowa, phone number is 515-287-4941. Roger Laud, 303-482-1845, would be able to give him a character reference, and a Mr. Merlene Kuehl of Fort Collins, Colorado would also know him. No number was given for Mr. Kuehl. Mr. Gottino constantly changes his story throughout the interview as to dates and times and places. He appears to be involved in rather fraudulant business schemes and can not accurately give account- ings of his times, places where he spent the last approximate two weeks in Minnesota. Mr. Gottino's background will be checked on further also. 1945 hour?_ Upon return to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office, I am informed that a Mr. Gayle Dennison has called and wishes a return call concerning his half sister, Violet Ree. Agent O'Gorman does return the call, and I am advised by Gayle of the following. That his half sister went through abdominal surgery at age 14 to 15 for herniated ulcers. She would have a scar on her right shoulder, where she had been hit by an axe head as a child. That she has a broken front tooth on the upper teeth. As you would face her it would be the front tooth on the right hand side from the midline. That the tooth is chipped from the left corner of the tooth toward the midline.. That she would have had pierced ears. That her hair would have been darker brown. She has rather prominent hooked nose. That she would have had heavily calloused feet due to the fact that she does not wear shoes regularly. That she has been married to Charles Turney for two to three years. That recently she has been on a weight reduction program so she may weigh considerably less at this time than 200 pounds. That she would have another brother by the name of Brian J. Dennison who lives around Cortez, Colorado. He works at a dry ice plant believed to be known as AmeriGas. A second brother would be that of Ross Henry Dennison, AKA Butch Dennison, currently in jail in Cortez, Colorado. Her mother's name is Violet Dennison, she also goes by the name of Violet Hartzel and Violet Henry. Gayle is uncertain as to her accurate address. It is believed that she now lives in the - Pheonix, Arizona area. Violet Dennison, the mother, did abandon the family when the children were at a young age. She has a sister, Ida Lynn, and an aunt by the name of Betty Moore, 417-741-6437. 6-12-80. Agent O'Gorman receives a phone call from Undersheriff Dean Stephenson, Manzanola County Sheriff's Office, Manzanola, Colorado. He advised that he has come into contact with some dental records from a Doctor dental surgery Doctor Lawson in Cortez, Colorado. Doctor Lawson can be reached at 565-3191. Dental records indi- cate that Violet needed work on teeth number and 31. Upon further checking, it was determined that these teeth needed work but that Doctor Lawson never did perform the dental work himself. Dental records are going to mailed to Agent O'Gorman at his Mankato Office via Chief Deputy Stephenson. . Page 21 80000335 TYPE Death Investigation 21?? FaribauTt County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION ENT I. 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 MichaeI 0. 0'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT 1024 hours Agent Berg makes arrangements to have the impounded car at the Luverne Highway Depart- ment moved indoors so that it can?be processed. Agents 0'Gorman and Berg and Deputy Anderson of the FaribauTt County Sheriff's Office drive to Luverne, Minnesota for the processing of that unit. 1256 hours Upon arrivaI at Luverne at the State Highway Shop we find the foITowing. A 1973 Ford, preceding and ending that series of numbers are the Ietters The miTeage on the vehicle is 86,733.2 miIes. It bears Arkansas registration HXI 680. It is tabbed for 1981 registration. The vehicIe is described as foIIows: brown over goId, the brown top is of vinyI. Starting from the front of the vehicIe, it is readin noted that the front Iicense pIate is missing. That the front tires are of a conventionai tread type, both having excessive wear showing on the center of the tread. Concerning the Ieft front quarter pane] of the vehicIe, it appears to be in good condition, it is noted that there is no hubcap on the Teft front tire. The Ieft side of the vehicIe is cIear of any damage or associated marks in this case. The Ieft rear door shows damage and rust to the door in the area of the Tatch which corresponds to the Teft rear quarter pane] which is dented and and trim is missing from the door. It appears to be oId in as much as there is considerabIe rust present. It is noted there is no hubcap on the Ieft rear tire. The Ieft rear tire is a snow tire, and has a badIy worn center. The rear of the vehicIe discToses a qued stick-on sign with the words Founded" printed on it that is attached to the rear of the trunk just above the bumper and just to the Ieft of the gas tank fiIT spout area. The rear bumper is dented in an area near the gas tank fiIIer pipe, and is has pushed the rear bumper in considerany at that point. The gas cap is a locking gas cap in nature, however it is Toose and easin removed from the vehicIe. The trunk Iatch is gone and missing. I am Tater informed by Agent Berg that that was done on the of May in an attempt to gain entrance into the trunk. The trunk Iid has mark- ings simiIar to those of a round based magnetic antenna, simiIar to those used on CB's. We find no antenna present, nor do we find any citizen's band radio present in the vehicle. The right rear quarter pane] is cIear of any damage or associated marks. There is snow tires on the right rear, are worn heavin in the center and there is no hubcap on the right rear wheel. The right rear door is clear of any debris. The right front door is cIear of any debris or damage. The right front quarter pane] is okay. The tires again have considerabTe wear in the center, and. there are no hubcaps present on the right front tire aIso. The top of the unit is clear of any damage or debris. It shouId be noted that the windshier is extensiver cracked, but it appears to be an oId crack in as much as fogging has occurred between the Iayers of glass in severaI areas. Agents 0'Gorman and Berg then proceed to dust the exterior of the vehicIe for Iatent prints. sets of prints are recovered from the exterior of the vehicIe. First area prints are recovered from is from the trunk area. They are photographed first then removed by means of rubber Iifters and they are subsequentIy marked for identifi? cation. Agent Berg recovers a set of Iatent prints on a window in the driver's door. They are aIso photographed and Iifted for Tater comparison.. 1345 h0urs - The vehicle's interior is entered. The foTIowing is found to be present. The right front seat a bag of Frito Lay potato chi is recovered. 0n the fToor are a pair of cIog type sandaTs which are retained us. One pair of men's cotton Jersey PS-6-0220 Page 22 CASE 2 80000335 TYPE Deth INVestlgatlon PLACE Fa?baul 1: County BUREAU OF CRIMMINAL APPREHENSION DATE 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 ENT: Michael J. O'Gorman CONTINUATION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT gloves, brown in color, which are retained. One coupon presumably out of a package of cigarettes, which is also retained. In the center, between the two bucket seats, is a plastic bag containing what appears to be cold meat and possibly materials in which to make sandwiches, that is also retained. In the backseat is a multi colored pillow containing hair samples. The hair samples are removed from that pillow and bagged seperately, and the pillow is retained by us also. One pair of single screw back earring is found in a compartment as well as a men's watch, minus the band, 1 in the front seat. It is a open storage shelf type of compart- ment directly in front of the passengers seat. The trunk is entered after processing for latent prints on the inside of the car is complete. The trunk area, we find numerous articles. One grey suitcase and its contents. One pair of red w0men's pants, three women's sweaters, one flying dove, one wall hanging of Christ, nine men's shirts, one pair of men's jeans, one pair of bib overalls, one pair of men's shorts, two women's bras one of which is still identifiable in size as being that of a cup size of 38C, three women's undergarment panties, two halter tops, five blouses, one night lounging gown, one pair of women's slacks, three men's T-shirts, one pair of boys pants that would fit an approximately two year old boy, two hand towels, six pairs of men's socks, pair of women's string underwear, two pair of women's panties and four washclothes. All the above items were retained for hair comparison as well as blood type grouping from any body fluids present on them. Upon completion of examination of the car and its contents, its fingerprinting and its photographing, the unit was returned to Faribault County Sheriff's Department in Blue Earth, Minnesota and will remain in impound at that facility. Investigation continues as of this date. On 6-13-80 numerous items are going to be transported to the lab for laboratory analysis and the development of leads in this case. I am informed by Agent Supervisor Rysavy that our victim's fingers have been removed and are currently in the Bureau's laboratory, being examined in an attempt to determine a ridge detail for latent print identification. MJO/tmg Approved by: . ?9 OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Initial Report BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Case Closure CI Other - Approved Mi REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code 80000335 Homicide H10 3 County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribault County May 30, 1980 SA R.A. Berg Case Title Date and Time of Activity Jane Doe Homicide (Faribault County) - I 3-30-?88 WITNESSES i- Detective Melody McKay and Lt. David Turner - Smith County Sheriff '8 Department, Tyler, Texas, P.O. Box 90, Tyler, Texas 75710, Telephone: 214-593-8434. SUBJECT ROBERT LEROY NELSON - DOB: 8-8-46, Currently incarcerated in the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas. Previous address: Rural Route P.O. Box 5358, Mineola, Texas 75773. Investigative activity regarding the above described subject into the possible involvement of the death Jane Doe (Faribault County) on or about May 30, 1980. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED SA Robert A. Berg and SATL Dennis Fier, Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County Sheriff '5 Office; and Sheriff Gerald Nutte, Martin County Sheriff's Office. DETAILS 1. On or about January 13, 1988 Agent Dennis Fier of the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had telephone contact with Lt. David Turner of the Smith County Sheriff '5 Office. During that telephone contact Lt. Turner advised Agent Fier that their office had arrested one Robert Lero NELSON, DOB: 8-8-46 on charges of criminal sexual conduct involving Lt. Turner stated that he (Turner) has received information from Mr. NELSON 's minister one Ronald Beinier indicating that Mr. NELSON had made statements to him regarding his possible involvement in two unsolved homicides in Minnesota. Mr. Beinier had told Lt. Turner that while visiting Mr. NELSON in the Smith County Jail NELSON had indicated to him that he was involved in possibly two homicides while he was employed as a MN State- Trooper in the Faribault County area. From that initial contact with Lt. Turner until March ?30, 1988 contact is made with Lt. Turner and sputy Melody McKay who is in charge of the criminal sexual conduct investigation in Smith County in an attempt to obtain more information regarding the two unsolved homicides in MN. Those homicides identified as MNBCA case file #80000335 and MNBCA case file #75000762 regarding the shooting death of Joanne Bontjes whose body was discovered on or about October 3, 1975. Following several telephone conversations with both Lt. Criminal Information Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 2 as Turner and Detective McKay and no new information being obtained decision is made to travel to Tyler, Texas to conduct a personal interview with Mr. NELSON. 2. On 3-30-88 SA Berg accompanied by Sheriff Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe of the Faribault County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Gerald NMtte of the Martin County Sheriff's Office travelled to Tyler, Texas. There we lnet ?with Lt. Turner and. Deputy McKay and are briefed as to the course of their inwestigation. Detective McKay also provides copies of their investigative file pertaining to the criminal sexual conduct inVOlVing 11 Year Old Revealing those documents briefly they indicate that on or about January 7, 1988 Robert NELSON accompanied by his minister Ronald Beinier had voluntarily presented himself at the Smith County Sheriff's OffiCe at which time he provided them with a written statement regarding his sexual activity with - as well as other unidentified children. Based upon that statement and the statement of. Ronald Beinier Melody' McKay had placed NELSON "under arrest for aggravated sexual assault of a child and incarcerated him in the Smith County Jail in Tyler, TX. Lt. Turner advises that on or about January 8, 1988 he had been contacted by ?Ronald Beinier advising that he had just had a conversation With Mr. NELSON at the Smith County Jail. That during that conversation Mr. NELSON had indicated that he had been involved in possibly two homicides while living in MN. Mr. Beinier had indicated that there was a lot of background noise in the visitation room when he was talking to Mr. NELSON and that he had not heard all of the conversation. Arrangements are made for Ronald Beinier to speak with Mr. NELSON on January 8th under more suitable conditions. Following that conversation Mr. Beinier reports to Lt. Turner that Robert NELSON had _>rovided him with certain information regrding the homicides in MN specifically he indicates that he may have been involved in the strangulation death of an unidentified female who had been hitchhiking along Interstate 90 in approximately 1980. Mr. Beinier further advises that Robert NELSON had indicated that he may have been involved in a homicide of a young woman in southern Minnesota sometime earlier. That this "local girl" had been shot in the head with a shot gun and that her body had been thrown along a township road. Lt. Turner advises that based upon this information he had contacted the MN State Patrol in St. Paul requesting information on unsolved homicides in southern MN. His inquiry was transferred to the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for followup and he has had subsequent conversations with Agent Dennis Fier of the St. Paul Office. Lt. Turner and Melody both indicated that during their conversations with Robert NELSON he does not come right out and admit that he was involved in either of the homicides but rather states that he has "visions" of these homicides occurring and that he does not have any independent memory as to whether he was directly involved or not or whether he is watching somebody commit these murders. Although Detective indicates that while interviewing Mr. NELSON relative the aggravated-sexual assault of a child charge he has spoken in the same terms however, she has verified the information that Mr. NELSON has given to her through interviews with and other individuals associated With the investigation. Lt. Turner advises that during the conversation that he had with Mr. NELSON relative the unidentified female victim NELSON had indicated to him that in his vision he sees a Cacausian female on her knees naked in a field being strangled with some type of a cord, that the body had been placed in a drainage ditch just off I90 on a gravel road and that the only articles of clothing on her body at that time was the ligature around her neck. It should be noted that thats what Mr. NELSON had provided Lt. Turner with a handdrawn map of the area where NELSON indicates that the body has been ?isposed 'of however, that map has been misplaced as, of this writing. During -onversations with Lt. Turner and upon checking the Faribault County plot map the location where Mr. NETSON says the body as he recalls it was disposed of would be approximately three miles west of where the body was actually located. Lt. Turner goes on to advise as far as the" other homicide. MNBCA case file 750000762 during the conversations that he has had with Mr. NELSON, NELSON has indicated that he does not Criminal Information Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 3 - as recall whether he was involved in the homicide directly or whether someone had told him about it. He further has advised Lt. Turner that he was scene; the day the body was found and in a general nature indicates that "his partner" may have been involved in it. Lt. Turner states that NELSON and indicates that this girl was a 'flocal girl" that? she had been shot in the head with a shot gun and that her body had been dumped along a township road south of Trimont MN. Detective Melody indicates that during the course of her investigation regarding the sexual assault of and the State of Texas she has obtained information not only from Robert NELSON but from Ronald Reinder and other Social workers identified in her report that had been sexually assaulted by his father from the age of approximately two years. She stated that it is her information that the sexual assault incidences were an ongoing affair and that they occurred not only in the State of Texas but in the State of Minnesota specifically. Faribault and Otter Tail County's. She states that she has obtained a video taped statement from in which he identifies the time and places of these assaults in the States of Texas and Minnesota and that she will obtain a copy of that video tape and mail them to SA Berg in Mankato, MN. Upon receipt of that video tape it would be made a portion of this case file or a separate case file to be initiated regarding any possible criminal sex charges that) result from this investigation. CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF EVIDENCT Attachment - a multi-page document consiSting of reports generated by the Smith County Sheriff's Office in Tyler, TX under the case file number of 88-198. Ps-e-ozacoi 7 TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Initial Report Investigation?epon BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Criminal Information 4 Case Closure other REPORT OF INVESTIGATION - . Approved by?L Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code 80000335 Homicide - H104 3 .. County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribaul County Mav 30 . 1980 SA R.A. Berg Case Title Date and Time of ActiVity Jane Doe Homi cide (Faribault County) 3-31-88/0930 . SUBJECT . ROBERT LEROY NELSON 8?8-46, Currently incarcerated at the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED SA Robert A. Berg, Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County Sheriff '5 Office; and'Sheriff Gerald Nutte, Martin County Sheriff 's Office. DETAILS On 3-31-88 at 0930 hrs. Robert Leroy NELSON, DOB: 8-8-46 was interviewed by the above individuals at the Smith County Sheriff '5 Office in Tyler, Texas. Prior to the interview he was given his rights via Miranda. He stated that he understands those rights and consented to talk to us. It was explained to Mr. NELSON that we were there to talk to him about two unsolved homicides which had occurred in Minnesota. The first one occurring on or about October 2/3, 1975 MNBCA case' #75000762 and the other one occurring on or about May 30, 1980 MNBCA case #80000335. It was further explained to Mr. NELSON that we had received information from Lt. David Turner and Detective Melody McKay regarding his possible involvement in those two homicides, He is also advised that information had been relayed to us through Smith County authorities that his minister, Ronald Beinier, had also provided information regarding those homicides. Mr. Nelson states that he understood that, and that he is more than willing to cooperate with the authorities to the extent that he is able. 2. By way of background, Mr. Nelson states that he was born in Pipestone, MN, that his father is_Thomas Andrew Nelson, age 66, his mother is Margie Inez Nelson, age 61. That they currently reside at 727 6th Avenue SW, Pipestone, MN, and their telephone number is 507-825-2418. That he has one brother, Jack Thomas Nelson who is the assistant park manager at Itasca.State Park,-and that he lives on the grounds of the park. He goes on 'to advise that his first wife was Diane Meyers (Nelson), currently living in Blue Earth.? That they were married in 1968 and divorced in 1973. There were no children by that marriage, and the reaSOn for the divorce was incapatibility. He states that his second wife is Susan Emma Nelson, DOB: 1-29-52, address: Rural Route 5, Box 5371, RHnneola, Texas 75773, and that she has no telephone. He states that they were married in April of 1974, and that they separated informally in March of 1987. That there are three children that marriage, Christian, age 12, David, age and Megan, age 8. David and Megan currently reside with their mother, Susan. Christian is living with foster parents in Terrill, Texas because of physical and emotional damage caused by the incest which he had suffered at the hands of his father. He states that previous employment was with the Minnesota Highway Patrol. That he joined the Patrol in July of 1970, and that he left Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 2 - the Patrol in August of 1985. He states that shortly after joining the Patrol he was assigned to the Blue Earth station, and that they were living on a farm just outside of Elmore, DEL He states that he requested and obtained a transfer from the Blue Earth - station, leaving there in January of 1981, transferring to the Detroit Lakes station. He stated that he retired as a result of physical problems and incapatibility between his religion and the Patrol in August of 1985. 3. Mr. Nelson states that while living in the Elmore, MN area he did not consider himself to be a particularly religious person, being associated informally with the Lutheran Church. After transferring to the Detroit Lakes station and living in the Verges area of Ottertail County, he became associated with Ronald Bernier who is the head of the "Into the Light Ministries", and joined that church in September of 1984 and-was "saved by the Lord" shortly thereafter. He states that.after his retirement from the Patrol he and his family had moved to Mineola, Texas in July of 1985. Nelson stated that the reason for the discrepancy between the dates of moving to Texas in July and his actual separat?mn date the Patrol in August is that he was on sick leave and . vacation time for a period of time before his actual termination date. Nelson advises - that they lived in Mineola, Texas for approximately 6 months and then moved to Lyndale, Texas until approximately July of 1986 when they moved to El Paso and lived there until January of 1987 at which time they moved back to the Tyler, Texas area. He goes on to advise that because of the personal conflicts within him and the conflicts between his .wife and the church, in April of 1987 he had moved to Delicias, Mexico where he was 'working as a missionary in that area. He advises that while in Mexico he was able to tome'to the conclusion that he had, in fact, assaulted his son sexually, and came to the realization that he needed help in dealing with his problem. Around the first of the year (1988), he states that he had returned to the church in Smith County, and had advised Ronald Bernier that he had accepted the fact that he had sexually assaulted his son, and that he needed help. It was at this time that Mr. Bernier had made contacts with several individuals and had eventually accompanied him to the Smith County 8.0. on or about 1-7-88 where he had given a statement to Melody RbKay and turned himself in regarding the criminal sexual charges pending in Smith County. 4. Regarding those charges in Smith County, Mr. Nelson states that although he has no independent memory of committing incest on his son, he knows that he did because of "visions" that he has. He describes these Visions as being similar to looking into two different mirrors, with one mirror looking into his own past and being sexually molested by his father over a period of time. Those "images" are of his father molesting_him in a shower, however, he states that he does not See any specific acts being committed, and that his father is threatening to cut off his penis with a pair of linesman's pliers if he tells anyone about the sexual assault. He advises that the sexual assault with his father began at an age of approximately 4 or 5 and continued for several years, however, he does not specifically recall when the assaults may have stepped. He states that in the other mirror he sees himself assaulting his own son however, that he does not see the actual sexual acts taking place but only hears is son saying, "No, no, dad, it hurts." He goes on to advise that there is no doubt in his mind that what his son says occurred did, in fact, occur, and that he is willing to accept the responsibility and suffer the consequences of his acts. Nelson further advises that in his "images" he sees himself molesting other children over a period of time, however, the only specific individual that he can remember is a niece by the name of rom wells, MN. He stated that he has molested her over a period of 4-to 5 years prior to 1981. That the molestation included fondling, however, there was no sexual intercourse. He states that he recalls fondling her approximately 8 or 9 times, and that the acts would have taken place at his rural Elmore, MN acreage. He further advises that was approximately 7 years old when the molesting began, and that it terminated when 1 1 Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 . Page 3 - was approximately homicides which occurred in southern Minnesota in Martin and Faribault County, Mr. Nelson again states that he has no independent memory or recollection of - those homicides, however, he has "visions" similar to that of the incest between himself . and his father, and his son As for the Faribault County Jane Doe homicide, he states that the "image" that he sees is a Caucasian female on her knees nude with someone standing alongside strangling her with some type of cord or rope. He advises that he cannot see it very clearly, and as a result can give no physical description of this female or recognize what her face looks like. He states that in his "image" the death occurred in a field and that her body was placed in some type of ditch with water in it. He goes on to advise that the area where the body was disposed of was along I-9O approximately 3 miles east of the Blue Earth,;or 169, exit. It should be noted that, in fact, the body of Jane Doe was found 6 miles east of the 169 exit. When specifically asked if he believed that he was involved in the death of Jane Doe, Mr. Nelson stated that he "may have had something to do with her death", however he is not sure if he did it, whether he is watching someone do it, or someone told him that they had killed her. Later in the interview Mr. Nelson stated that he has an independent recollection of Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe showing him a photograph of the body during autopsy, and remembers that she had medium length broWn hair. When advised that the head hair had been shaved with the exception of 21 small tuft at the back of the head, he advises that he cannot reconcile the differences and states that he believed that the memory of the hair was from the photograph which had been shown to him. Mr. Nelson was asked about articles of clothing or identification that may have been on the body, and states that he has no recollection what so ever what may have happened to those items. Mr. Nelson stated that at the time of the discovery of the body (5-30-80), he believed that he was off the duty schedule. He goes on to advise that on or about 5?24-80 he was involved in a high speed chase with an individual from Blue Earth that resulted in an accident in the city of Blue Earth. He states that he believes he took a sick day the following day, 5-25?80, and that he had spent some time with a woman by the name of Marcia Royce who he was having an affair with at the time. He further advises that he believed that he and Marcia had driven around the Winnebago area. He goes on to advise that as far as he can recall he worked Memorial Day holiday and that the following day he and his wife Susan had driven up to\Detroit Lakes to look at the area in anticipation of transferring to that area. He advises that he was not at the scene where the body of Jane Doe was recovered, nor did he do any specific work or investigation regarding the death of Jane Doe. He states that he did have conversations with Trooper Richard Hall and other deputies from the Faribault County area regarding that homicide, but he does not specifically recall what those individuals had told him. 6. When asked about the transfer from Blue Earth to the Detroit Lakes area and the reason for requesting that transfer, he advises that he and his wife had talked about transferring to the Detroit Lakes area for several years and that an opening had occurred at that time and he took advantage of that transfer. He states that the transfer had nothing to do with the Jane Doe homicide, and in fact had been planned or anticipated for several years prior to the actual transfer. 7. Mr. Nelson stated that he believed he may have some old Minnesota State Patrol records that would be in the possession of his wife Susan. He was asked if he-would voluntarily turn over those records to us, and stated that he would if he had the opportunity to inspect those records prior to turning them over. Mr. Nelson signed a :onsent to search form authorizing that the Patrol records, if available, be turned over to Detective Melody NbKay of the Smith County 5.0., and that he would be given the opportunity to inspect those records prior to seizure. - b? .uf?r" . Pl. . . Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 4 - 8. As for the Martin County homicide of Joanne Bontjes, Mr. Nelson states that he has no independent recollection or "images" of that homicide. He states that he was on duty the day of her disappearance and also the day that her body was discovered, and that he had taken part in some of the searches and was at the scene where the body was located. When asked what connection he may have or information he may have regarding that homicide, he states that he has no specific information, however, it is his belief that ex-Trooper Rodney Johnson from Fairmont, MN may have had something to do with her death. He states that the reason for this belief is that Rodney Johnson had as many or more personal and prOblems than he (Nelson) did and felt that he may have had something to do with her death. Nelson stated that he infrequently was in the Trimont area even while on duty. That he never visited the area when,he was off duty and that he did not know Joanne Bontjes at all. Mr. Nelson was asked about a statement that had been relayed to Lt. David Turner by Ronald Bernier regarding a statement that Nelson had allegedly made regarding his ex-partner and having been involved in one or both of the homicides in Martin and Faribault County. He states that after his incarceration in the Smith County Jail, he had had a conversation with Ronald Bernier in which he had been advised that his partner was in jail in Runnesota for sexual a3sault_of his children. He states that at that time he had assumed that the partner was Dick Hall, however, sometime later he had been advised by David Turner that the partner which had been charged with incest was not Dick Hall, but rather Rodney Johnson, and that this fact bolstered his theory that Rodney Johnson may have had something to do with Joanne Bontjes' death. 9. Mr. Nelson states that he will cooperate fully with the investigators regarding the death of Jane Doe, and pass along any information that he can recall. He states that if 1e was involved in the-death that he is willing to accept the responsibility and suffer the consequences for that act. He states that' he knows that he needs help and that he will do whatever he can to resolve the issue of her death, as well as the death of Joanne Bontjes. 10. It should be noted that on 3-31-88, an interview was conducted with Susan Nelson regarding the records kept by her husband while on the Minnesota State Highway Patrol. She states that she does not currently know where those records may be, advising that she knows that shortly after her husband had returned Mexico that he had destroyed several items by burning, and that he had kept some of the Patrol records. She states that she will attempt to locate those records and turn them over to Detective and Lt. Turner. ?If those records are located, Detective will present then to Mr. Nelson for inspection and forward them to SA Berg at the Mankato Office of the BCA. 11. Mr. Nelson, was requested to provide samples of his head and pubic hair for analytical purposes and consents to do so. He is-given a consent to search form which is filled Out in the name of Robert Leroy Nelson, authorizing Robert Berg of the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to conduct a search for head and pubic hair. Following the reading of that document and signing of it, head and pubic hair samples are obtained from Mr. Nelson, are placed in separate manilla envelopes, and will be turned over to the MNBCA Laboratory for analytical purposes. CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE Exhibit #5 - one MNBCA consent to search form in the name of Robert Leroy Nelson, uthorizing search for head and pubic hair of Mr. Nelson. Exhibit #6 - one manilla envelope containing pubic hairs obtained on 3-31-88 from Robert Leroy Nelson. A Exhibit #7 - one manilla envelope containing head hairs obtained 3-31-88 from Robert Leroy Nelson. TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Initial Report BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Case ?mm? REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Other - Approved by% . Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code 80000335 HOmicide - H1043 County of Occurrence Date and TIme of Incident Submitted by Section Faribault 5-30-80 SA R.A. Berg SIU Case TItle Date and TIme of Activity Jane Doe HOmicide 3-31-88/1300 hours WITNESS l. RONALD THOMAS BERNIER - Senior minister for the "Into the Light Ministries", Rural Route 5, Box 5358, Mineola, Texas 75773; telephone 214-882-7676. 2. CATHY BERNIER - wife of Ronald Bernier, same address as above. SYNOPSIS Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bernier relative conversations that they have had with Robert Leroy Nelson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MNBCA SA Robert A. Berg Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County 8.0. Sheriff Jerald Nutt, Martin County 5.0. DETAILS 1. 0n 3-31-88, the above officers interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bernier at the Smith County 5.0. in Tyler, Texas. That statement was tape recorded and a transcribed copy of it is attached to this report. For complete details see attached transcribed copies. 2. It should be noted that prior to the taking of the tape recorded statement a short conversation is had with Ronald Bernier in which he briefly outlines the information that he has obtained frovaobert Nelson._ He further advises that during one of the early conversations in January of 1988, he had indicated to Mr. Nelson that the information which was being relayed to him would be passed on to authorities in the state of Texas. According to Mr. Bernier, Mr. Nelson had stated that he understood that and that the only thing that he wanted was help in solving his 3. During Mr. Bernier's statement, he had indicated that at the time that Mr. Nelson had turned himself into the Smith County authorities on 1-7-88, N?lSon had turned over to him' and his wife a suitcase containing various personal clothing and two spiral notebooks, along with a file folder containing various looseleaf papers which were the remnants of a diary of Mr. Nelson's, covering a period of approximately 2 years. Mrs. Bernier had advised the interviewing investigators that she had had a converstion with Mr. Nelson approximately 2-3 weeks prior to 3-31?88 and had reminded him that the items were still in their possession. At that time Mr. Nelson had told her to retain his passport and certain insurance papers and that the remainder of the items she could do with as she saw fit. Ronald and Cathy Bernier had consented to turn those items over to Deputy Melody if a letter of request or subpoena was delivered to them. On 3-31-88, a subpoena is obtained from the Smith County Attorney's Office requiring that .753" Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 ?age 2 those items be turned over to Deputy for investigative purposes. At approximately 1630 hours on 3-31?88, those documents are turned over to Deputy MtKay by Ronald Bernier and are in her custody and possession. Arrangements are made for Deputy McKay to photocopy those items and mail them to SA Berg at the Mankato office. 4. Following the termination of the interview with Mr. and Mrs. Bernier request is made that if any further information pertaining to either the sexual assault investigation or the two homicides in Martin and Faribault County, that this information be relayed to the proper authorities. Both stated that if possible they would cooperate with those investigations and.make that information available to us. - 5. On 4-2-88, SA Berg received a telephone call-from the St. Paul office advising that Ronald Bernier had called the St. Paul office of the MNBCA requesting to speak with SA Berg. The information relayed was that Ronald Bernier had had another conversation with Bob Nelson and that Nelson had provided him with three possible names of the victim Jane Doe. Those names were Christina Marie Jacobson, Christine_Marie Jacobson, or Carolyn Marie Jacobson, approximate age 30, and that she was from the Milwaukee, WI area. Further that other information was available through Mr. Bernier. 6. At 1442 hours, SA Berg telephonically contacted Ronald Bernier at his residence in Mineola, Texas and he stated that on 4-2-88 he had had.3 separate conversations with Robert Nelson, and that during those conversations Mr. Nelson had admitted killing a female hitchhiker in Faribault County. Mr. Bernier states that Nelson had told him that sometime between the dates of 5-20-80 and 5-26-80 he had picked up a female hitchhiker m) was hitchhiking westbound on 1?90 at the Bricelyn, MN exit. That the girl was wearing blue jeans, t-shirt, hooded sweatshirt, a lightweight Army fatigue jacket, and carrying a purse. Nelson had told him that the clothing had been placed in a plastic bag and had been disposed of in the Blue Earth County landfill. Mr. Bernier further advised that Nelson had told him that he had saved the purse, and had hidden it at an unspecified location. That Nelson had requested that Mr. Bernier be present when these items were recovered. Mr. Bernier further states that in the conversations with Nelson, Nelson had indicated that there was another purse in this location from another "victim", and it-was Mr. Bernier's opinion that there may be other items of interest hidden in this location also. At approximately 1506 hours, a telephone call is placed to Lt. David Turner of the Smith County 8.0. relaying the above information. Request is made of Lt. Turner to contact Ron Bernier and make arrangements for the both of them to interview Nelson in the Smith County Jail as soon as possible. Later in the evening of 4-2-88, SA Berg is again contacted by Lt. Turner who advises that he had interviewed Robert Nelson with Ron Bernier present at the Smith County Jail, and had learned the fbllowing information. That on an unspecified date, around 5-24-80, Nelson had picked up a female hitchhiker who was westbound on I-90 at the Bricelyn exit. Turner states that he is given a clothing description exactly as previously mentioned by Ronald Bernier. .That these items had been disposed of at the Blue Earth County landfill, and that the purse carried by this individual was hidden on Nelson's old farm in rural Elmore, MN. The directions given to Lt. Turner for the recovery of that purse are that as one enters the Nelson farmstead -that there is a house to the left, straight ahead is a chicken coop, and just off to the right is a small barn. That on the front of this barn there is a set of double doors. Walking through the double doors into the barn one will find a 2x4 ladder just to the left. In climbing up that 2x4 ladder into the loft and walking back in a direction awards the double doors, just to the side is a double wall partition in which the purse nas been hidden. Lt. Turner further advises that Nelson has told him that the name of the victhn was Carolyn Marie Jacobson and that she was a drifter the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. Nelson had further advised Turner that he did not believe that Jacobson would have been reported as a missing person because she was unattached to anyone and was as.? Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 3 - drifting around the country. He further stated that he believed the date of birth would have been in May of 1958. Lt. Turner states that he will prepare a report regarding the interview with Mr. Nelson and forward it to SA Berg at the Mankato office. CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE One micro cassette tape containing tape recorded interview with Ronald Bernier on 3-31?88. Following transcription, it will be retained by SA Berg for safekeeping. RAB/tmg 4121?" PS-6- 0230-01 TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY [j E: BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION Criminal Information Case Closure Other, REPORT OF - Approved by?y? Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code 80000335 Homicide H1043 County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribaul 5-30-80 SA . A . Berg Case Trtle Date and Time of Activity Jane Doe Homicide 3-31-88/1653 WITNESS 1. SUSAN EMMA NELSON - DOB: 1-29-52; address: Rural Route 5, Box 5371, Mineola, Texas 75773, no telephone, however, she can be reached through the Ronald Bernier residence at 214-882-7676. SYNOPSIS Interview with Susan Nelson, wife of Robert Nelson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MNBCA SA Robert A. Berg Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County 8.0. Jheriff Jerald Nutt, Martin County 5.0. Lt. David Turner, Smith County 3.0., Tyler, Texas DETAILS 1. On 3-31-88_at 1653 hours, interview is conducted with Susan Nelson at her rural Mineola, Texas residence. During that interview she states that during the early years of their marriage everything seemed to be going along fine, however, after the birth of their first child, things started to deteriorate. She stated that it was shortly after his birth that Bob had physically struck her for the first time, and that he was becoming more moody and more and more angry. She goes on to advise that 1980 was one of the worst periods in their marriage, advising that their second son ?was born in ?and that shortly after his birth she became preg- nant with her daughter, She states that her husband was very unhappy that she had become pregnant again and, in fact, had wanted her to obtain an abortion. She also advises that it was during this period of time that Bob was having an affair with Marcia Royce, and that his fits of anger became more frequent and more violent. .She stat-es that during the 13 years that she had lived with him he had physically assaulted her on 5 or 6 occasions, however, there was always the threat of physical violence when he became angry. She further advised that during the latter part of 1979 and early 1980, Bob spent a lot of time away from home, however, after the birth of m, it appeared to her that the relationship between the two of- them improved and he spent more time at home with her and the children. She also was under the impression that the affair with Marcia Royce had broken off. Susan stated that sometime in mid to late May of 1980 (5-24r-80) her husband was involved in a high speed chase which resulted in an accident. She states that as she recalls approximately two days after the accident they had taken a trip to Detroit Lakes for a couple days to look over the area in anticipation of transferring to that area. She states that they had been talking about the transfer for a number of years, and that .139" 7?4 Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 Page 2 - a vacancy had occurred during that period of time. She states that upon returning from Detroit Lakes they had taken a trip to St. Louis for the 645-80 wedding of Susan's sister. She states that she did not notice anything unusual about her husband during this immediate period of time other than the fact that upon arriving at the hotel in St. Louis and dis? covering that her brother did not have room reservations she had invited him to stay.with them in their room until he could make separate accomodations. She states that her husband became extremely angry at this and had, in fact, gone to.the hotel bar where he spent the majority of the evening. She stated that this was very much out of character for her husband, and thought it somewhat strange. - -3. As for the sexual relationship between hen and her husband, she stated that she con- sidered it normal, with the normal up and down periods that one would expect to encounter. She does state that after the birth of their daughter that sex was not as frequent, but she attributed that to the fact that her husband was unhappy with their marital situa? tion at the time. 4. - Mrs. Nelson states that she had no idea that her husband may have kept a diary, nor does she know where the diary may be if, in fact, he did keep one. She did state that upOn her husband's return from Mexico, he had destroyed numerous papers that he had been keeping, however, she believed that the majority of those papers pertained to his work with theMN State Patrol. She states that she does know that he retained some of those documents, however, she does not know where those documents are currently located, although she will attempt to find them, and if found will turn them over to Deputy Melody McKay. 5.. Mrs. Nelson denies that she had any knowledge or suspicions that her husband may be .sexually abusing the children or that he was involved in any of the homicides in southern Minnesota. She states that she was aware of the fact that he, from time to time, would physically assault the children, particularly however, she states that she did not learn of the incest involving - until So advised by Jody Whiting, and that this was learned after her husband had gone to Mexico. She states that upon learning' those facts she had confronted hoWever, he had not provided her with any details until after he had been in treatment at Terrill, Texas for a period of.time. At that time he had told her that his father had sexually abused him namerous times, thatluehad threatened to kill him with both a gun and a knife, and threats to kill Susan and his brother and sister. Mrs. Nelson advises taken out of the Texas State HOspital at Tyler, Texas because she did not feel that he was receiving the appropriate care, and that he is currently in?a foster home near Terrill, Texas. She' further advises that has talked to the other two children about any possible-sexual abuse they have suffered at the hands of their father, and advises -will not talk about it what so ever, and that Will talk to her about the situation, however, he has told her that he_was nOt sexually abused by him, but that there were numerous verbal threats directed toward him. Specifically, she advises that ?had related an incident which took place while hunting near Detroit Lakes that - had made some noise and that his father had grabbed him by the shirt, placed the gun to his chest~and threatened to kill him if he made anymore noise. He also threatened to kill him if he told his mother what had transpired. 6. Mrs. Nelson also states that her #has told her about being sexually bused by his grandmother (Susan's mother . That the abuse included fondling on several occasions over a period of several years. Mrs. Nelson states that her mother's name is Arlene Krueger. That her address is Rural Route 1, Box 145, Backus, MN 56435, telephone number 218-682-2085. Mrs. Nelson states that in October of 1987, she had confronted her mother regarding the sexual assault on her son, and that her mother completely denies Report of SA R.A. Berg #80000335 ?age 3 - that the incident took place. 7. Mrs. Nelson states that she was aware of the fact that her husband had sexually abused her sister's daughter, a, and that her sister, Christine Cummings, of Wells, Minnesota is aware that the abuse took place and is attempting to obtain counseling for her daughter CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE No evidence generated by virtue of this interview. 5 i i . Approved by PS-6-0230-01 TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY [j E1 Investigation Report 1; Criminal Information Case Closure :1 Other BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT OF INVESTIGATION MN Offense Code H1043 Offense Category Homicide Bureau Number 80000335 Date and Time of Incident Section 5-30-80 Submitted by SA R.A. Berg County of Occurrence Faribault Case Title Date and Time of Activity . 4?3?88/1300 hrs. . Jane Doe Homicide SYNOPSIS i A search of rural Elmore farm previously owned by Robert Leroy Nelson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MNBCA SA Robert A. Berg and SA Michael J. O'Gorman Sheriff Roger Fletcher and other deputies of the Faribault County 8.0. DETAILS 1. On 4-3?88, based upon the information received from Lt. David Turner of the Smith County 8.0. in Tyler, Texas relative information that he had received from Robert Nelson nd the alleged hiding of a purse belonging to the.Jane Doe homicide victim in Faribault county on 5-30-80, a search of the farmstead previously owned by Robert Nelson is made by the above officers. That property is described as being located in Section 17 of Elmore Township, Faribault County, MN. The property is curently owned by Mr. Sherwood Fenske Krosch. His date of birth is 6-24-37. The mailing address is Rural Route 1, Box 24, Elmore, .His telephone number is 507-943-3469. Prior to the search, SA Berg and Sheriff Fletcher explained to bug .Krosch that certain infermation has been obtained regarding the possibility that evidence from a homicide in 1980 may be hidden in the barn located on his property. Mr. Krosch states that he will consent to the search of his property and is given a consent to search form by Sheriff Fletcher which he reviews and signs. That document is retained in the custody of Sheriff Fletcher. Mr. Krosch further advises that he purchased the property from Robert Nelson sometime during the fall of 1983. He advises that he believed Nelson actually left the property sometime in early 1981, and that prior to his purchasing the acreage it had been rented to, just prior to their purchase, Dwight and Harold Krueger who are relatives of the Nelson's. They also advised that prior to the Krueger's leaving there the property had been rented for a short period of time to another couple who he did not recall the name of. Mr. Krosch states that since they purchased the property that the haymow loft area of the barn has not been disturbed in anyway that he knows of. He states that his children do play in the hayloft from time to time, but that no hay or other articles have been removed from that location. _He, his wdfe and children who were present specifically were asked whether they had found a purse in the haymow, and all stated that they had seen no such item. 2. During the search of the property by the above officers, no items of evidentiary value were found, and the search was terminated at approximately 1645 hours. CHAIN CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE One consent to search form signed by Mr. Sherwood Krosch currently under the custody and control of the Faribault County 8.0. - PS-6-0230-01 TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Initial Report 58 Investigation Report BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION 7 Criminal Information a raw? REPORT OF INVESTIGATION i Offense ?be??iya DE MN oifieisci Date and TgnjoflncidBent Submitted Robert A. Berg SectioRn DOE HOMICIDE SYNOPSIS: i Contact with Mary Ann STRAUSS of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota, reference hair samples obtained from Robert Leroy Nelson on March 31, 1987. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Special Agent Robert A. Berg, DETAILS: 1. On March 31, 1987, during the interview with Robert Leroy NELSON in Tyler, Texas, reference the above captioned homicide, he consented to provide samples of his head and pubic hair for analytical purposes. On April 6, 1988, Agent Berg made contact with Analyst STRAUSS, who advises because of the 8 year time span between-the obtaining of the unknown hair samples and the seizure of the known hair samples from Robert NELSON that any conclusion that she may come to would not be based on sound scientific evidence, and she advises that over a period of time hair colors and characteristics can change and that because of that she is unwilling to do the requested hair analysis. DESCRIPTION 8 CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE: Items 5, 6 and 7 will be retained by Agent Berg, however no analysis will be made on those items. RAledk PS-E-0230-01 TYPE OF REPORT Investigation Report Criminal Information Case Closure Other DLJEIEJEI 35"" :7 MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT OF INVESTIGATION - Approved by Bu'e?ud?6r8b6f3 35 MN Offense Code H1043 o?inse??b?ii??wcm?: Coub?io?gpm?mqu Date and Tgn; ilean? 8en 0-. Section db I mm Robert A. Berg Date and Time 0 Activity . C3531?qu DOE HOMICIDE 4/6/88 1300 WITNESS I MARCIA LEE PARSONS (Royce), DOB: 5/2/53, address: 2412 South Lake, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105, telephone 605/336?3513. SYNOPSIS Interview with Marcia Lee PARSON (Royce), ex-girlfriend of Robert Leroy Nelson, reference Faribault County Jane Doe homicide investigation. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Special Agent Robert A. Berg, Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County Sheriff's Office DETAILS 1. 4/6/88, 1600, the above officers meet with Marcia PARSONS at her residence Sioux Falls, South Dakota. During that interview, Mrs. PARSONS states that she first became acquainted with Bob Nelson in 78 or 79 through her employment at the truck stop in Winnebago, Minnesota. She states that they became close friends and in fact it lead to a sexual affair which lasted fer a short period of time. She states that she believed the affair would have started sometime in either the winter or spring of 1980 and that after_a short period of time they reverted back to being just friends. She goes on to advise that because of personal problems she wanted to move from the area and in conversations that she had had with Nelson he had told her about the Detroit Lakes area and she had decided to move to that location. She states that the move to Detroit Lakes would have been made in about August of 1980 and that a short time later Bob came up followed by his family sometime in January, 1981. Mrs. PARSONS states that Bob Nelson was a "all around nice guy" but stated that he did have a temper and that he Would blow up rather quickly. She states that'she has never seen or known him to become physically abusive towards anyone, but that he would from time to time become verbally abusive towards the individuals Investigation Report of SA Berg #80000335 - 4/6/88 Page 2 - _specifics, who he was angry with. This anger was directed at her at his wife and at his patrol partners in the Blue Earth area. When asked for she states that she could. not recall ?any specific incidences, but advises that when he became angry it was usually over sometime "stupid" that the other individual had done. When asked if she had noticed any change in behavior in Mr. Nelson specifically around the end of May of 1980, and she states that there was a change in. him, however she attributed it to an accident which he had had during a high speed chase in Blue Earth, Minnesota (May 24, 1980). She goes on to advise that Nelson became extremely quiet and withdrawn, however she states that he had told her that he was suffering from severe headaches which he attributed to some injury that he had received in the accident. She further advises that Nelson had gone to a doctor in Mankato and was told that there was nothing wrong with him and that he became extremely angry at the doctor in the situation because of this. Mrs. PARSONS states that the reason Nelson had asked for the transfer was that he had for years thought about transferring to the Detroit Lakes area because of the appeal that the area had for him and his wife, and that as far as she was aware there were no other circumstances in which he would have asked for a transfer. Mrs. PARSON advised that Nelson was crazy about his kids, that he talked about them all the time and that he had told her that his son was his favorite. She goes on to advise that she noticed nothing unusual about the relationship between Bob and his children and specifically states that 0 Mrs. PARSONS states that in the fall of 1984, she and her boyfriend moved to the Eveleth, Minnesota area and that she has had very little contact with Nelson since that time. She states that the last time that she saw him was probably about 5 years ago. However, she has had contact with other individuals in the Detroit Lakes area, specifically a deputy, Dennis Engel with the Becker County Sheriff's Office and.Renard Fritz, a dispatcher with the Detroit Lakes Police Department. From the information obtained from those two individuals, she states that Bob seemed to have changed considerably after moving to Detroit Lakes, advising that he beCame involved in a church which was in the Detroit Lakes 5area and seem to "go overboard". She states that in conversations with the two above named individuals, that they have told her that after Bob quit the patrol he had an auction in which he sold the house and all of their personal belongings including the children's toys, his boots and even the bedding off the beds. .1 Investigation Report of SA Berg #80000335 - 4/6/88 Page 3 - 7. Mrs. PARSONS states that in the winter of 1981, she believed, Nelsbn had given her a ring as a gift. She states that the ring size was-too small for her and as a result she has never worn it. It is described as a gold colored ring with a pearl and a small diamond inset along the side. Photographs of that ring were taken by Agent Berg and will be made a portion of this case file. Mrs. PARSONS stated that the reason for the gift was because she had helped Nelson find a. place to stay after he had moved up to Detroit Lakes and prior to Susan and the children moving up. She further advised that Nelson had given her an automatic pistol sometime during the spring of 1980. This weapon is a Raven Arms, model P25, 25 caliber, serial number 301217, with a clip and a leather carrying case. She states that the reason he had given her the gun is that she had been threatened by an individual in the Blue Earth area and NelsOn had given her the gun for self protection. She goes on to advise that other than the two items, there were no other gifts that Nelson had given to her. 8. During the interview with Mrs. Susan Nelson on March 31, 1988, she had stated that shortly before moving out of the Elmore, Minnesota area she had found a red wig in Bob's personal belongings that her husband had told her that the wig belonged to Marcia Royce (PARSONS). ?Mrs. PARSONS states that she had in fact purchased a red wig and that it had been given to Bob Nelson. 9. Mrs. PARSONS states that she had absolutely no information nor did she have any suspicions that Bob Nelson may have been involved in the death of Jane DOE. She further advises that she had absolutely no information nor suspicions that he had sexually abused - 10. A check with NCIC on the Raven Arms 25 caliber automatic pistol given to Mrs. PARSONS by Robert Nelson is negative. DESCRIPTION CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE: No evidence generated by virtue of this interview. RAB: DLQED .115,? MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TYPE OF REPORT Initial Report Investigation Report Criminal Information Case Closure Other - Approved by Bureau Number Offense Cat on, MN Offense Code H1043 80000335 of lnciden Date and Tim}1 3/ 8 0 5 Section edb mm g/A Robert A. Berg DOE HOMICIDE Datezry 3 WITNESS: SUSAN EMMA NELSON, DOB: 1/29/52, address: Rural Route 5, Box 5371, Mineola, Texas 57773, no telephone. SYNOPSIS Information from Susan NELSON regarding her husband (Bob NELSON) papers while employed by the Minnesota Highway Patrol. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Special Agent Robert A. Berg, Detective Melody McKay, Smith County Sheriff's Office, Tyler, Texas. DETAILS: 1. 4/13/88, 1430, Agent Berg is contacted by Detective Melody McKay of the Smith County Sheriff's Empartment in Tyler, Texas. She reports that she has received information from Susan NELSON indicating that she is unable to find the papers belonging to her husband pertaining to his employment with the Minnesota State Highway Patrol. Detective McKay. further advises that during the conversation with Susan NELSON, she was advised that is no longer residing in the foster home at Terrill, Texas, but that he is residing with . Mrs. NELSON states that is not doing very well in the family setting and she is attempting to find a foster placement for him or to put him back in the State Hospital at Terrill, Texas. DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE: No evidence generated by virtue of this contact. RAB: PS-6-0230-01 TYPE OF REPORT InhmIRepon Investigation Report Criminal Information Case Closure Other LILJDEIEI ran: 2'5" MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Approved by r335 Offense Cat MN Off Cod ?35543e Cour?f??cm??TH Date and Time (it I3nCId?r6 Section edb mm Robert A. Berg caseJX?in DOE HOMICIDE Date 7395?}? 3W1 5 SUBJECT: ROBERT LEROY NELSON, DOB: 8/8/46, currently incarcerated at the Smith jail in Tyler, Texas. SYNOPSIS: Telephone interview with Robert Leroy NELSON on 4/15/88. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Special Agent Robert A. Berg DETAILS: 1. at approximately 1325, Agent Berg received a telephone ca}. from the Reverend Ronald Bernier of the "Into the Light Ministries" in Mineola, Texas. During that telephone conversation, Mr. Bernier advises that on the evening of 4/12/88 he had received a telephone call from Robert NELSON advising that he had more information available relative the homicide of Jane DOE in Faribault county, Minnesota. MR. NELSON had told Reverend Bernier that the images that he had of this homicide in the past are becoming more clear and that more information is coming back into his memory. Based upon that conversation, Agent Berg had contacted Detective Melody McKay of the Smith County Sheriff's Office requesting that she contact Mr. NELSON in the Smith County jail to obtain additional facts. For complete details regarding that contact see Detective McKay's report which will be attached to this report. 4/15/88, Agent Berg makes contact with personnel of the Smith County jail in Ty1er, Texas requesting that they contact Mr. NELSON advising him that Agent Berg wishes to speak to him by phone. At approximately 1005 'Robert NELSON returns phone call to the Mankato office of the BCA, at which time Mr. NELSON is advised that he had been given his rights previously by Agent Berg, asked if he still understood those rights, stated that he did, and advised that he was calling of his own free will. It should be noted that the first 5 or 10 minutes of the telephone conversation was not recorded because of technical difficulties with the tape recorder. For complete details, see attached transcribed copy. For complete details, see attached transcribed copy. Investigation Report of SA Berg #80000335 - 4/15/88 DES Page 2 - Briefly summarizing the context of that telephone conversation, Mr. NELSON states that his memory regarding the events surrounding the death of Jane DOE has improved greatly. He states that he now recalls that on an unspecified date late May of 1980 while on duty, he was sitting at the top of the Briceland exit off I-90, that he observed a blue van stop near that exit and a female exit the vehicle. He states that the vehicle continued westbound on 90. He advises that he approached this female hitchhiker, got her into a squad car, asked her for identification which she produced. He recalls that the first name was possibly Caroline, that her middle name was Marie and that?her last name was Jacobson, and believed that she was born in 1958. He further advises that as he recalls, she was from the Milwaukee area. He goes on to state that he then took this female westbound on I-90 to the Blue Earth exit, exiting at that location, he states rather than going south into Blue Earth he had turned north on 169, had gone approximately a mile or 2 miles and then east on a gravel road for approximately 2 to 3 miles. He advises that he then turned south into a field driveway and headed towards the drainage ditch. Parking the car at that location, he states that he gained her confidence and that the next thing that he can vividly recall is himself standing next to her while she is nude and strangling her. He advises that the circumstances of the death and how she became nude are somewhat fuzzy in his mind, but he states that he absolutely did not shave her head. He states that he's not sure whether she was bald at the time or whether she possibly could have been wearing a wig. He goes on to advise that the clothing was placed in a plastic bag and disposed of at the Blue Earth landfill. The person identification which she carried, he states that as he had told Lt. Turner earlier, he believed have been placed in the hayloft of a barn located on his old property just outside of Elmore, Minnesota. When advised that that area had been search, he states that he does not recall moving it and questions as to whether it may have been hidden in another location of the hayloft which was not searched. NELSON further advises that there is no question in his mind but that he was responsible for the death of Jane DOE and wants to cooperate totally with law enforcement in getting this matter cleared up. He volunteers that he would be willing to travel to Minnesota in an attempt to refresh his memory and to assist in any way possible in resolving this matter. Mr. was asked if he was aware of the fact that his Minister Ronald Bernier was passing along the information as he obtains it from NELSON. NELSON states that he is absolutely aware of this and that was his intention and wishes from the very beginning of this investigation. CRIPTION CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE: One ndcro-cassette tape containing tape recorded telephone interview with Robert Ieroy NELSON on 4/15/88. Following transcription it will be retained by Agent Berg for safekeeping. RAledk TYPEOFREPORT Investigation Report Cnn?nalk?onna?on Case Closure Other DLJED MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT OF INVESTIGATION - Approved WM Bureau Number 80 000335 MN Offense Code Offense Category H1043 OMICIDE Counlty of Of?rrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section 30/80'. Robert A. Berg Case Title JANE Date and Time of Activity . 6/15/88 IDOE HOMICIDE (FARIBAULT co.) SUBJECT: I ROBERT LEROY NELSON, DOB: 8/8/46, currently incarcerated in the Smith County jail in Tyler, Texas. SYNOPSIS: Robert Leroy NELSON was interviewed at the Smith County Sheriff '5 Office in Tyler, Texas on June 15 and 16, 1988. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Special Agent Robert A. Berg, Sheriff Roger Fletcher and Chief. Deputy Jerry Kabe, Faribault County Sheriff's Office. DETAILS: 1. 6/15/88, Robert Leroy NELSON was interviewed by the above officers at the Smith County Sheriff's in Tyler, Texas. During that contact Mr. NELSON states that he is unwilling to speak with the above officers unless some type of an arrangement can be worked out between the state of Minnesota and the state of Texas. Specifically he advises that he is currently charged in Texas with 3 counts of criminal sexual conduct involving w. He advises that through his attorney a plea bargain has been offered by the Smith County States Attorney and that if Mr. NELSON pleas guilty to the 3 counts in Texas he will be sentenced to 40 years in the Texas State Penitentiary. Mr. NELSON states that this is unacceptable to him, advising that he does not believe any of the criminal sexual conduct incidents took lace in the state of Texas and that he believes #was ?coerced into providing the information that he has provided to the Texas state authorities. Although Mr. NELSON states that if an agreement can be worked out between the state of Texas and Minnesota, he would plea guilty, to all charges in both jurisdictions. Specifically, he states that what he wants that in return for a guilty plea in the state of Texas, that their sentence run concurrent with whatever sentence he receives in the state of Minnesota regarding both the homicide charge and the criminal sexual charges that he is possibly facing in Minnesota. It is explained to Mr. NELSON that Agent Berg believes the criminal sexual conduct charges in Minnesota are provable, although the current state of the investigation regarding the homicide of Jane Doe is somewhat questionable at this point in the investigation. Mr. NELSON a Investigation Report of SA Berg #80000335 - June 15, 1988 Page 2 - volunteers that he has provided all of the information that he can regarding the death of Jane Doe, that the information he has provided is true and correct and that he is responsible for her death. He further states that he is willing to provide one bit of information regarding the death of Jane Doe which he has not provided in the past and advises that "he had a problem with oral sex" and that prior to killing Jane Doe he had not had sexual intercourse with her but had forced her to perform oral sex on him and swallow the semen. He states that the laboratory tests on the mouth and stomach content should indicate the presence of semen. Mr. NELSON goes on to indicate that he will provide no further information until some type of an agreement between Texas and Minnesota can be worked out and at that time the interview was terminated. It should be noted that although Mr. NELSON was not given his rights via Miranda during this interview due to the fact that he stated that he was unwilling to provide any information or make any statement, that the information indicated' above 'Was volunteered kn? Mr. NELSON and (Mi several occasions during the conversation, Agent Berg had informed Mr. NELSON that it was his right not to speak with the investigators and that he was under no obligation to make any statements. It should also be noted that during this conversation, Mr. NELSON had indicated that he had had conversations with his attorney representing him on the Texas charges and that his attorney had advised him not to speak with the investigators from Minnesota. Mr. NELSON stated that he had advised his attorney that he wanted to cooperate with the Minnesota authorities and would do so if he wanted to. On 6/16/88, at 10:00, the above officers again contacted. Mr. NELSON advising him that in agreement between the state of Minnesota regarding any sentencing pertaining to charges in both jurisdictions was not possible. Mr. NELSON stated that if no agreement was possible, he was not going to cooperate any further in any of the investigations. He goes on to advise that he feels that he is being "jacked around" by the legal system in both Texas and Minnesota. He states that he does not believe the state of Texas has a pmovable case against regarding the criminal sexual conduct charges. As far aS? the incidents in the state of Minnesota, specifically the criminal sexual conduct allegations and homicide allegation, he states that all of the information that he has provided previously is true and correct and that he has nothing to gain by lying about either 0f the incidents. He further advises that he has done his best to cooperate with the authorities in Minnesota regarding both investigations and that he has done so to the best of his ability. However, he is going to make no further statements nor does he have any further information which would assist in identifying Jane Doe. At that time the interview was terminated. DESCRIPTION CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE: No evidence generated by virtue of these interviews. RAB:ldk TYPE OF REPORT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY '?Yeit'gat'm Rep?? BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREH ENSION CrImInal Information Case C'?S?re REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Other - Approved by Bureau Number Offense Category MN Offense Code ~80000335 Homicide Hl043 County of Occurrence Date and Time of Incident Submitted by Section Faribault County May 30, l980 SA Robert Berg Case TItle Date and Tune of Activity Jane Doe Homicide (Faribault County) 6-28-88 l330 WITNESS CAPTAIN CLETUS ALEXANDER - Green Bay Wisconsin Police Department. Address: 307 South Adams, Green Bay Wisconsin. Telephone# 4l4-436-3853. SYNOPSIS Contact with Captain Alexander of the Green Bay Wisconsin Police Department regarding Shirley Phillips and her association with Mary Lou Jacobson. PERSONNEL ASSIGNED Agent Robert A. Berg, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribault County Sheriffs Office DETAILS 1. 6-28?88 l330 the above officers met with Captain Cletus Alexander of the Green Bay Wisconsin Police Department in reference a n?ssing persons report regarding a Mary Lou Jacobson which had been filed with the Green Bay Police Department in l980. During this contact, Captain Alexander provides c0pies of the missing persons report which indicates that on 9-26-80 a Rueben Norman of 2l7 N. Lincoln Street of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin had filed a missing persons report on Mary Lou Norman, aka Mary Lou Jacobson. That report indicated that she had been missing since August 20, l980. For complete details regarding that missing persons report, see attached photoc0pies. 2. Captain Alexander further advises that he is familiar with Shirley Phillips of 2lZl Weise Street of Green Bay Wisconsin. He states that he will assist in making arrangements to tranSport Mrs. Phillips to the Green Bay Wisconsin Police Department where she may be interviewed. DESCRIPTION AND CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE A four page photoc0py attachment of Green Bay Police Department report, case file# 40?0-44. . Ps-a-ozso-m TYPEOFREPORT InhmIRepon IXI Investigation Report Criminal Information Case Closure Other - Approved by MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT OF INVESTIGATION MN Offense Code Bureau Number 880000335 Offense Category Homicide H1043 Date and Time of Incident May 30, 1980 County of Occurrence FaribauIt County Submitted by SA Robert Berg Section Case Title Jane Doe Homicide (FaribauIt County) Date and Time of Activity 6-28388 1530 WITNESS SHIRLEY ANNA PHILLIPS - Address: 8-15-29. TeIephone# 414-435-8642. SYNOPSIS Interview with ShirTEy Anna PhiIIips reference her ac Norman, aka Mary Lou Jacobson. 3? PERSONNEL ASSIGNED IZZI Weise Street, Agent Robert A. Berg, Minnesota Bureau of CriminaI Apprehension Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, FaribauitiCOUnty Sheriffs Office. DETAILS Green Bay, Wisconsin. DOB: quaintanceship with MaryTEou I. 6-28-88 1530, interview is conducted with ShirIey Anna PhiIIips at the Green Bay Wisconsin PoIice Department. During that interview, she states that she has known Mary Lou Jacobson since I971 and that she has maintained periodic contact with Mrs. Jacobson since that time. Mary Lou in I980 wouId have been during September of 1980. She goes on to advise that the onIy contact she had with She advises that in earIy September, Mary Lou Jacobson had stayed at her residence for approximater 3 weeks when she was separated from her boyfriend, Ruben Norman. She goes on to advise that whiIe Mary Lou was staying with her, she Iost her identification. She states that she specificaIIy recaIIs the incident in as much as she, Mary Lou, and Gary Tease (who died from cancer approximater 3 or 4 years ago) were out ceiebrating Shiriey's divorce from her ex-husband. She states that the date of divorce was September 26, I980 and that they were at a bar in the Bay area. She states that as usuaI, Mary Lou was extremeiy.intoxicated and that she had Iost her purse. Mrs. PhiIIips states that she beIieved the purse was stoIen by an individuaI in the bar whom she describes as a maIe individuaI with a moheagan type haircut. However, she further advises that she suffers from retinitis pigmentoSa and because of such, has tunnei vision. She states that she is positive that the individuaI had a nmhegan type haircut, however she is not sure whether this individuaI was maIe or femaie, but beIieves that the individuaI was maIe. 2. Mrs. PhiIIips states that she has never seen or knows of anyone who owned a que van during the earIy 1980's and that Mary Lou Jacobson had never indicated to her that she had Iost her identification prior to September 26, I980. DESCRIPTION AND CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE No evidence generated by virtue of this contact. 24-296 gun BAY PQLICE Read at TIME 7,30% hint tom Rollcall by: on . 0 2m! f/f?j cwx.in.nt - - -- . 7 mm. ngjZ-Ht-?Mly Type of . - when Z-ggv??l Date Tine mu not than) .- . If Vandalism (to what?) A Subj?ct may 40 fl Ago 2.1 non: /0 442532 HIM?hwa Race Lg/ so: ,5 Dept. n? Addreii-JJQ/j Zc? 1/473;ij 0 922 0360 a - ~27! r-Q/g//22/ my}; ,5 42/7, gay/M. 7" w' a 1 77540011240; 7/ 4.14Wu?w?ji agil?ozg/Agx We 3i as? 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Te1ephone# 414-435?8642. 1221 Weise Street, Green Bay, SYNOPSIS Interview WIth Anna PhiIIips reference her acquaintanceship with Mary Lou Norman, aka Mary Lou Jacobson. 7 I PERSONNEL ASSIGNED Agent Robert A. Berg, Minnesota Bureau of Criminai Apprehension Chief Deputy Jerry Cabe, Faribau1t County Sheriffs Office. DETAILS 1. 6-28-88 1530, interview is conducted with Shiriey Anna Phi11ips at the Green Bay Wisconsin Poiice Department. During that interview, she states that she has known Mary Lou Jacobson since 1971 and that she has maintained periodic contact with Mrs. Jacobson since that time. She goes on to advise that the on1y contact she had with Mary Lou in 1980 wouid have been during September of 1980. She advises that in ear1y September, Mary Lou Jacobson had stayed at her residence for approximate1y :3 weeks when she was separated from her boyfriend,_Ruben Norman. She goes on to advise that whi1e Mary Lou was staying with her, she 1ost her identification. She states that she specificaiiy reca115 the incident in as much as she, Mary Lou, and Gary Tease (who died from cancer approximateiy 3 or 4 years ago) were out ceiebrating Shiriey's divorce from her ex-husband. She states that the date of divorce was September 26, 1980 and that they were at a bar in the Bay area. She states that as usuai, Mary Lou was extremeiy intoxicated and that she had iost her purse. Mrs. Phi1iips states that she be1ieved the purse was sto1en by an individual in the bar_whom she describes as a ma1e individua1 with a moheagan type haircut.? However, she further advises that she suffers from retinitis pigmentosa and because of such, has tunneI vision. She states that she is positive that the individua1 had a nmhegan type haircut, however she is not sure whether this individua1 was ma1e or femaie, but be1ieves that the individua1 was ma1e. 2. 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JO. 1134'; 7.22 7360 . 42/ WW MUNICIPAL comr APPEARANCE AFETY MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Forensic Science Laboratory St. Paul 1430 Maryland Avenue East St. Paul, MN 55106 TEL: (651) 793-2900 TTY: (651) 282-6555 FAX: (651) 793-2901 An ASCLD/LAB-Intemational Accredited Laboratory To: Faribault County 3-0 Lab No. 790-2453 320 Dr. H. Russ Street Report No. 2 Blue Earth, MN 56013 Attention: Inv. Tom Dybvik REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ito-DNA 09/09/2014 Laboratory Number: 790-2453 Requesting Agency: Faribault County 8.0. Section Reporting: Agency Case Number: 80335 Case Type: Homicide County: Faribault Principals: Jane Doe Description of Submitted Evidence: Item Type and Packaging . Description/Source 48 One plastic bag containing evidence classi?ed as Bone Femur, Tooth (Molar), Right and Left distal phalanges 48A One plastic bag containing evidence classi?ed as Bone Femur 48B One foil packet containing evidence classi?ed as Teeth 1 Tooth (Molar) 48C One plastic bag containing evidence classi?ed as Bone Right and Left distal phalanges Results of Laboratory Examination: A mitochondrial DNA sequence* was obtained ?om a sample (Item 48A-1) from a femur (Item 48A), described as having been collected from a set of human remains U464525 869) discovered in aribault County, MN on 5/30/1980, and exhumed 8/12/2014. The pro?le obtained from Item 48A-l will be entered into the National Missing Persons DNA Database where it will be periodically searched. Your agency will be noti?ed of any possible associations. testing was not performed on Items 48B or 48C. Nuclear DNA analysis will be performed on selected items. If your agency does not receive a report within four months of the date on this report or if it is determined that additional DNA analysis is not needed, please notify the Biology Section of the BCA Laboratory. Page 1 of 2 Laboratory No. 790-2453 Report No. 2 I hereby certify that the above report is true and accurate and represents my opinions and interpretations. WW Noel Maus Forensic Scientist All sequence data generated is contained within the. control region of the human PLEASE NOTE: Mitochondrial DNA is maternally inherited. Therefore, individuals that share a maternal lineage will typically have the same mitochondrial DNA type. Disposition of Evidence: Evidence will be held in the lab pending analysis. Portions of pertinent evidence items have been removed and are being stored at the BCA Laboratory A portion (Item 48A-3) of the submitted sample (Item 48A) and Item 48B will be submitted to the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute for isotopic analysis. Distribution: BCA Crime Alert - 1, Faribault County 8.0. - 1 Page 2 of 2 MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Forensic Science Laboratory St. Paul 1430 Maryland Avenue East St. Paul, MN 55106 TEL: (651) 793-2900 TT Y: (651)282-6555 FAX: (651) 793-2901 An ASCLD/LAB-International Accredited Laboratory To: Faribault County 3-0- Lab 0. 790-2453 320 Dr. H. Russ Street Report No. 1 Blue Earth, MN 56013 Attention: Inv. Tom Dybvik - REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 07/24/2014 Laboratory Number: 790-2453 Requesting Agency: aribault Cormty 8.0. Section Reporting: Agency Case Number: 80335 Case Type: Homicide County: Faribault Principals: Jane Doe Description of Submitted Evidence: Item Type and Packaging Description/Source 12 an item of evidence Blood Results of Laboratory Examination: A mitochondrial DNA sequence* was obtained from a sample (Item 12A) from blood (Item 12), described as having been collected from a set of human remains U464525 869) discovered. in Faribault County, MN on 05/30/1980. The pro?le obtained ?om Item 12A will be entered into the National Missing Persons DNA Database where it will be periodically searched. Your agency will be noti?ed of any possible associations. Nuclear DNA analysis will be performed on Item 12A. If your agency does not receive a report within two months of the date on this report or if it is determined that additional DNA analysis is not needed, please notify the Biology Section of the BCA Laboratory . I hereby certify that the above report is true and accurate and represents my opinions and interpretations. WW Noel Maus Forensic Scientist Page 1 of 2 Laboratory No. 790-2453 Report No. 1 All sequence data generated is contained within the control region of the human PLEASE NOTE: Mitochondrial DNA is maternally inherited. Therefore, individuals that share a maternal lineage will typically have the same mitochondrial DNA type. Disposition of Evidence: Evidence has been returned. Portions of pertinent evidence items have been removed and are being stored at the BCA Laboratory. Distribution: Faribault County 8.0. - 1 Page 2 of 2 1 PS-50040 BUREAU NO. - LABORATORY LABORATORY NO. Department of Public Safety MinnesotaBureau of Criminal Apprehension . 7 9 0 ?24 5 3 1246 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55104 1 296-2666 - REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE LaRoy L. Wiebold, Sheriff ?Blue Earth County Agency No: 80335 .710 Front Street Mankato, MN 56001. Following is the report of the BCA LabOratory giving the results of the examinations conducted on evidence received from your office. This examination has been made with the understanding that the report will be used for official purposes only. - I To: If court testimony is required, please notify Laboratory at least two weeks in advance. VA -Wally A. Sor -Crime Labora ory Analyst RY DIRECTOR COUNTY F2rfhn111 1- - PRINCIPALISI ,Tnnp an REQ. AGENCY ?Bme EarthlEam-bault Co 30 TYPE OF CASE Hnm'in'irln EVIDENCE AND SOURCE: 4 The following.evidence was received in the Laboratory On Item 1: Five_fingerprint card strips containing left thumb print ?of victim. . The following additional evidence was received in the Laboratory on June 2, 1980:? . Samples from victim in plastic bag: 'Item 21- Anal Item 3: Vaginal Item 4: Oral ?Item 5: Head hair 'Item 6; Pubic hair Item One plastic bag containing rope said to be from victim. Page No. a 1 Total Pages LABORATORY NO. Ii 790-2453 I i; The following additional evidence wasgreceived in the LabOratory on .?rtf?3?x 5"133 '317' C,?Item One white to;contain hair samples from floor i'of 1' u-w- . r? to Contain blood sample frem bathroom ?Ea . ?5 )Itemf10;;:0 Whiterog?sa tRic?jntaingblood sample from front ?ms- I 4 a. . 'f'nv? i- . ?,The following additignal evidence was received in the Laboratory on 1 June 111f1980 in? .J ]a;;Item l;?f Tissue ??pplg? {'The/following additional e?ide??e w??iieceived_in the LaboratOrY ?n 2: v2 v- 'Item]14; One enve;ope eq?tainipg hair from car,1 -Item;15: _0ne sealed enyeJOPe eepgainipgeglgvee., Item 17?j 5-itemf185 papers.'" T?WItemi;9f?' Seqntaipigg?lifts from car.? L?9ntainin??9mpty cigarette Package leqntainipg miscellaneous papers from 99ntainipg paper from car. 3containipg miscellaneous papers' ?,9e?taini?gjhigh schpol diploma BCA Lab. Form 128 LABORATORY 0. I 790-2453 I Th? following.additiona1 evidance was feceiVed in the Laboratory )Junef17yf1980: .., . a- 1 - BUREAU N0. AND SOURCE: (Contjpueg)? It?m 25: One said toxbe from trunk ofil?l? Ford, Afkansas license #HXEesso. 'ff5'White'paper wrapped packagaa of diathipg said to Be from 1973 Ford, Arkansas Pullgyarfawaater;_ ~?Item 27; Gray awaatarh _Item?29{f Red ayeater n"1tem531" Rink Sh?ft?slgev?d?shipt:J?? - _Item?3??. Qua: not: 'Item,3??i one, .93: Shirt-t. (1 Igepl3?; tag western shirt;' ?f?laoneisi??naseesa??s3??aa$~ .xt?mass?f One Eww?niasw Item;403? One s?i??f on a,The follbwing addipiapg;fey - Item cards kcharles Tarney.i?i} i? the LabOratory on ww~<~v - .QTTherollowi?g~addigg?aai 1., on opeis :It?mh42g7 on?5'nVe1 Page No. - 3' Total BCA Lab. Form 12B . BUREAU no, LABORATORY N0. AND souace: '790~2453 . . I 7 I i??The following additional.evidence was received_in the Laboratory on rwski,f .wu? . . - ?Item;432 ID gard; A in one va additional eVi?ence Was Laboratory on 'eitem545:' One manila eavelope said to contain hair from Mark Jenson. . eeived in the Laboratory on ??aThe following additi?F?1'?Viden?e was .re .a January 26:219slt; ??ntain head hair *afv~2yP Item .One clear plastic bag sealed said to contain head hair congr01%ftom Mark Jepeon.f3 - 1' The following evidence was received.in the Laboratory on - On Laboratoyy Case280;:0483 =7=r A (Itemj49: Sexual Assault.Evidence Collection Kit with samples 1 . from James Ihomas'Elvin?; 'ggPage No. A Total Eages A I BCA Lab. Form 12B- EBCA 500-50 . . BUREAU N0. - . LABORATORY NO. 5790-2453 RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS: . Hair comparison . The four questioned hairs from the rope submitted from the unidentified -female (Item 7), sixty eight questioned hairs fr inside passenger 'compartment (Item from gloves right side.floor (Item 15), 'seven from pillow rear?seat (Item 16), and numerous hair-cuttings from the black trunk (Item 25), submitted from the .?1913 Ford differentimacrosc0picv rand/or microscopic characteristics when cOmpared to the.head hair control sample submitted from the unidentified female (Item These questioned ?phairs.were ?None of the questioned hairs submitted from (Item 14), (Item 15), (Item 16) ?and (Item and/or microscopic charac- teriStics when comparedxto?the questioned hair from the rope (Item-7). -These questioned hairs from.the rope (ItemLJ) were eliminated as sharing a common source with the questiOned hairs submitted from_the 1973 Ford. Examination of the_four questioned hairs found on the rcpe (Item 7) were . eliminated as having come frOm'either Mark Jenson or James Elvin when compared to their head hair controls (Item 45) and (Item 49C from BCA I_hereby certify thefahovefreport to-be true and~accurate.? Mary Ann Strauss Grime Laboratory Analy st; n. DISPOSITON .Evid?me isbejnb returngg'P-y. I Blue Earth-003330 . ?Faribaut CO so I: I . #31} Lab all. Pagel?o. 5 'TotalPages 5 57f?: Vp= DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION 1246 UNIVERSITY AVENUE ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 55104 642%? Roger Fletcher, Sheriff FariBault County 125 West Second Street Blue Earth, MN 56013 Ia 5/13/35 5/416$342? Offer 4 @gvv un- - LEFT 666666 :1 3?0 29 29:11:; )6 25124 23 22 :1 20 win [men 6?3 emf 10 #:2111596 Val/6476264/54 L/Mafa M?/mqr?" 6'0 5% @6406 (20% 356(wild Mfg?? ?4746!? 1/01 gf?? This is an interview of Robert LeRoy Nelson on the date of 07/17/89, Case 80-417 I This is the date of July 17, 1989, and it's approximately 1117 hrs. We are in the city of Blue Earth in my office, at the Sheriff's Office. I am in the company of Robert Nelson. I am Jerry Kabe, Deputy Sheriff. We?re just in the process of conducting an interview. JK: First of all, Bob, I would like to inform you of your rights, your Miranda Warning. You've had that read to you several times throughout this investigation, is that correct? RN: Yes, sir. JK: And you have an attorney, Cal Johnson? RN: Yes. JK: And he has told me before that if we would like to talk about this or if you would like to help us in this investigation with the murder of Jane Doe, that was found in a dredge ditch east of Blue Earth, MN. We?ve talked about this before and just maybe as a summary form we can just start out with what you remember and just kind of go through it. And maybe I?ll ask a couple of questions throughout the thing. Why don?t you just go ahead then, Bob. RN: 0. K., the incident occurred, I believe it was a Sunday night. 5/24 of 80 was the night that I had an accident with Frankie Drake. I took the following day off, which was a Saturday, and I worked the Sunday night; I worked, I believe, three to midnight. Because my car was wrecked, I borrowed a car, I think it was Bob Shane?s car that I borrowed, but because I was still stiff and sore and hurting from the results of the Drake accident, those couple of days, the Sunday and Monday that I worked before I took off on vacation, I didn?t do very much. I just drove around here and there and parked along the side of the road and spent some time at the Sheriff?s Office, and basically just kind of put in some time, didn?t do very much patrolling. Sunday night, it was out east of Blue Earth, and parked up on the north side of the Bricelyn exchange on I 90. I was parked off the freeway on the road that goes off to the north, and I was maybe a block away from the freeway interchange where I could kind of watch traffic but I wouldn?t notice the police car there. JK: Do you recall the intersecting road there, north of Bricelyn? RN: No. I recall that to the north it's gravel and to the south it's pavement. JK: 0. K. JK: And don't remember the road number. If it's the Bricelyn road, it would be, what, 263? Does that sound right? 253? I don?t even remember any more, Jerry. But it?s gravel to the north2and pavement to the Bricelyn exchange, or the Bricelyn turnoff. Anyway, it's probably about 9:30 at night, all I know it?s like 9:30 at night or so. It?s completely dark and it?s before, you know, like the 11:00 coffee break time, so that?s about approximately 9:30 is what I'm thinking. And I saw a remember it to be dark colored, I think it was blue, and it would have been in the middle 70?s, Ford van. Drove up, stopped at the stop sign, and sat there for a little while. It was westbound on Interstate 90. At that time, it would have been off on the exit ramp at the stop sign. And it sat there for a few seconds and the side door opened and a gal got out. I believe there were two other people in the front the van. And I?m like, like I said, I?m a half a block or a block north of there, so I'm a little ways north where I can see but, you know, it?s not real clear. Anyway, the door shut on the van and the thing went back down on the freeway and back westbound on 90. The gal?s standing there and she crosses the road and starts down the ramp, starts walking down the freeway ramp. Now I had been sitting on the north side of the interchange, and sitting with all the lights off, and just the radio?s on so I can hear any calls. I started the car up, this is maybe three of four minutes later, and drove up to where she was walking down the freeway the ramp towards the freeway. I stopped sort of along side of her and got out. She would have been on the right hand side the left hand side. She was up by the front fender, front corner. And I asked her for some identification and she produced some kind of identification, I just remember it being a plastic identification card. Now the name that I had given you before I believe is correct. Just about dead positive on the first name. That?s probably the only name I would have remembered to talk to her, you know, to carry on a conversation. But, Can you tell me the name again, Bob? It was either or Kathleen, as I remember, or either that or something very very similar to it, but that's the name that pops in my mind. The other names that I gave you for a middle name was Marie and the last name was Jergenson or Jorgenson. I'd be, you looked at this identification at one time for a little while, maybe nine years ago. The first name, I?m just about positive of, and the other names, you know, are the names that I don't know where I picked them out of my memory but, I'm pretty sure on that first name and relatively sure of the other two names. Did she have any noticeable brogue to her like from the east or the south JK: JK: From what I remember of talking to her, there wasn?t any real noticeable accent. sounded like midwest or maybe just kind of east, but not like a real harsh New York accent or Boston accent or anything like that. It Of course midwest includeSIa lot of territory but it was kind of a midwestern voice, maybe:with a little eastern accent. I don?t know if that don?t know where that would put it. Anyway, I asked her did not write her name down know I didn't call it in or anything like that. Normally you would, wouldn't you? Usually. Usually I would, yeah. Check her out for wanted or something. Usually, not always. If there was somebody know if it was somebody with a stalled car or something like that, I don?t know. Usually hitchhikers I would have run a check on to see if they were wanted. In this case I didn?t. I don?t know if I just never got to it or if I just didn't do it because of what I thought might happen later or what, I don?t know. Anyway, I did not run her name. Anyway, we were in the car and we headed west on Interstate 90. I had asked her, you know, what happened. She told me that she had been headed west and she can?t remember the details, but the gist of the conversation was that she was headed west to visit some friends, and we?re talking like Oregon, or someplace further west. And the gist of it also was that she was riding with these people in the van and again I got the impression that she, that they weren?t long lost friends or anything, but that she had known them for a short time. That might be a week or a few days. But anyway, she had hitched a ride west with them. And I also got the impression that they had had an argument in the van and that she?d been asked cooperate with them sexually somehow and had either refused or got tired of it or whatever and that's what caused her to get kicked out. I headed west on Interstate 9% towards Blue Earth. As we talked, she The way that she talked was sort of leading, and by that I mean that she was kind of flirting sexually. And of course I was returning that, probably. And we continued west on Interstate 90 and got off at the Blue Earth exchange and headed south in towards town. And then I cut back east on the gravel. I hadn?t traveled those roads for nine years, I guess it was, until we went over some of them here a couple of months ago. But? That?s basically the gravel road that goes east about where the Dairy Queen is now--it wasn't there before, right? It is now. Yeah, well the road was there before. The road was there but the Dairy Queen wasn't. RN: JK: I think it was at that time. Oh, 0. K. I think it was. Maybe it was. I think it was brand new. Anyway the gravel road that I turned back east on was on, was at where the Dairy Queen is right now, and traveled east, crossed over the freeway to the north, and traveled east again on some more gravel, ended up about I suppose, what, eight or nine miles east of Blue Earth on the north side of the freeway on a gravel road, just driving. And was looking for a quiet place, you know, a place out of the way, because the conversation by then is she had led me to believe that she would cooperate with the advances that I was making. It was a kind of a two-way street. She was talking as to lead me on and I was eating it up and wanted to take advantage of the situation. Anyway, we got out east a few miles, drove off on a field approach, again we're on the north side of the freeway on a gravel road that parallels the freeway, about a half mile off the freeway. Turned into a field approach and drove back in the field to a place where we were probably a hundred yards, a hundred and fifty yards north of the freeway. And it's along side a drainage ditch at that point. There?s a telephone pole, I don't know if it?s a telephone pole or a pole, a light pole, a telephone pole right there, and it?s got some kind of a box on it, like an electrical box of some kind. I remember that being in the background. At that point I got out of the car and cut around to her side of the car and opened the door and she got out. I began to make advances towards her and she sort of cooperated, but I got the feeling that she wasn?t really going to do what she had kind of hinted or led me to believe, you know, that she wanted to do something for me. At that point she had on a jacket and a T-shirt and blue jeans. At that point I had her take the jacket off and I was kind of messing with the T-shirt, she--I won?t say that she panicked, but she realized that, you know, she-?I realized and she realized, I guess, that she either changed her mind or didn?t mean it in the first place or whatever, and at that point I sort of forced her to take off the T-shirt, and that?s when she began to indicate that she wasn?t go through with any sexual advances. At that point and at that time then I handcuffed her with her hands behind her back and caused her to perform oral sex on me. And by this time she's very upset and what she?s talking about it is getting back at me, getting me fired, getting me put in jail, all kinds of things, rightfully so, I don't like to use it as an excuse, but the anger and the frustration and a whole lot of stuff that was buried deep inside of me that I didn't even know was there was coming out in my assault of this lady and in the?things I did next. And she again, like I said, she was screaming and carrying on that she was going to see me fired and in jail and in prison 4 and all kinds of things. Instead of just kind of a sexual interlude that maybe would have been forgott?n and past off if I hadn?t forced her to do anything, now I was looking at some serious problems. Now this all goes through your mind in a second or two, or not even that, maybe. But now I had not only done something that was wrong as far as the policy and everything else, and wrong in the eyes of law enforcement as far as having her in the car and coming on to her as an officer to try to get some sexual favor, now I had actually done_something and caused her to perform a sexual act on me that she was not cooperating with. And like I said, I was in very deep, way over my head, for what I had done at this time, and she's yelling and hollering, and I know she's right. You know, she?s going to see me in prison and have my job and all kinds of things. I know she?s absolutely right. And to try to shut her up, to try to scare her into somehow believing that she should be afraid of me and so on, I found a pliers, I think it was in the trunk of the car. Again, this is a borrowed car, but everybody has got a tool box with, I don't know, a pliers and a screwdriver and some tools in it. I found a pliers and I threatened to pull off or pull out her fingernails if she didn't shut up. And that only led to more abuse and screaming and carrying on and, like I said, something inside me, you hear it all the time, the phrase, something inside me snapped, but all the frustration and all the anger plus all that I had done in the last few minutes that she was right about, you know, what I did was yanked out, I believe, two or three fingernails to show her I meant business. And I realized that it had gone so far, so fast, you know, in a few minute?s time. In five minute's time it had gone from stepping out of the car and making sexual advances to her all the way to the point of these threats, and actually pulling out a fingernail. And it all happened in a few minute?s time. And I was in so deep and so far and the anger and the hurt and all the fear that was inside me that she was going to do exactly what she said, and she?s right. She would have been right in everything she said. All that kind of snapped and I grabbed the cord or the string or whatever it was, the the drawstring in the bottom of her jacket, which was an army?type field jacket with a drawstring bottom. I pulled that out, tied it around her neck from behind. Again, this happened in just a couple of second?s time. Was she still handcuffed, Bob? Yes, still handcuffed, on her knees, on the ground. I stood behind her. I been behind her to, you know, with the pliers to pull the fingernail, because her hands were handcuffed behind her. And I took that rope and put it around her neck, was knotted in the front, you know, with I?ve shown you on paper before. I believe it was knotted through twice. It may have been once, but it didn?t think about how I was knotting the rope. I just simply, you know, made a loop in the rope and put it around her neck, had one end in each hand, and strangled her from 5 JK: 5 behind. And I remember the anger and the emotion and all that, like built up in almost out of nowhere, in just a minute or two. It was crazy. And I remember strangling her and the hatred and the-- And I hated myself, I hated her, I hated everything at that moment. Was she trying to fight you quite a bit? Did you easily overpower her? Well, like I said, she was on her knees. I had her handcuffed behind her back. I didn?t have the handcuffs on super tight now, you know, they weren?t really clamped down real tight. So, I mean, there weren?t going to be big marks all over her, I mean, I knew better than that. And she wasn't all that, you know, she wasn?t a midget, but she wasn?t all that big. Maybe 115, 120 pounds, somewhere in there. Then I had the advantage in several different ways. It There wasn?t really much time for a struggle, Jerry, it just in a minute or two?s time it went from having her perform sex on me till she was dead was only a couple of minutes, maybe not even that. And it just, from the time the commotion started where she was going to get me and going to get my job and all this stuff until she was dead was a couple of minute?s time. I mean, it wasn?t very long. When she was giving you oral sex, were you standing up then, and she was underneath? Yes. I was standing up and she was underneath. Did she have most of her clothes off then? The jacket was off, T-shirt was off, and she was wearing blue jeans, and I believe I had those down around her knees. At that point, of course, she?s dead, and I took the handcuffs off and pulled the rest of her clothes off, which would have been just, you know, the blue jeans and-- Was she wearing underpants? As I remember, she was not wearing a brassiere, she was not wearing any underwear. And I don?t think she was wearing any shoes. She had a purse. It was leather, medium-sized, kind of a baggy thing, closed on the top, and was dark brown or black. I think I have drawn a picture of it so you know what it looks like, sort of. I don?t remember if it had a strap or not. My impression was that it did not have a strap on it. It was just a purse. And, anyway, rolled her off into the ditch, the drainage ditch. Were you fairly close to the ditch? Yeah, just ten, fifteen feet away, maybe not even that. I 6 RN: remember there was water in the ditch, but it wasn't that much. But it wasn?t, you know we were about a hundr?d yards from the freeway and There was no houses in sight, no roads in sight, in fact, where that place was you can?t see any road except the freeway. 'There's a fence in between that and the freeway. I picked;up her clothes and put them in a pile and I did not leave the clothes there or the purse. And I believe I put the clothes just in a bundle and the purse in the back, in the trunk of the squad car. I remember pretty sure I can remember putting the clothes in a white plastic garbage bag. In other words, I didn?t, I did not throw them in a dumpster or in a wayside rest or anything like that. I remember the trunk of the squad car being open and putting them in a white plastic garbage bag, and that might have been later after I got home that night. You know, because of first of all, some borrowed car, secondly, I didn't want that stuff left in the car and so I remember putting the clothes in a white plastic garbage bag. And I don?t believe I put the purse in the same bag. The clothes I ended up eventually hauling out to believe they went out to the dumps to the landfill. Like I was saying, if I had, the first impression, if I had seen her bald, shaved headed woman, I probably would have run some kind of a check on her, you know, that's wierd out here in this part of the country. And I don?t know if things would have happened the way they would, you know, I?m not giving excuses. I'm just saying that if I would have noticed at first the lady was bald, that?s an oddity and I would have probably run a license check on her and of course once you've called in a name in somebody you don't go off and bump them off. You don?t go off and murder them, you know. You don?t do that. So I really believe that she had on a wig because that?s my first impression is that she was just a young lady, you know, like I said, average height, 120 125 pounds, medium length brown or reddish brown hair, you know, shoulder length or a little above the shoulder collar length and the baldness would have stood out in my mind like a neon light. So that?s why I think it didn't, you know, didn?t happen that I noticed that right away. I believe she was wearing a wig and she I didn't come up, you know, in conversation as to where she was from or where she was going other than just what I remember being she was headed out west to visit some friends and she?d--obviously she?d come from somewhere east to where we were. One session back, when you were hypnotized, you remember that, when Jack hypnotized you? Yeah. I think at that time you recalled that the wig came off at the altercation by the ditch. Does that kind of come back to you now? I think that's what happened, is I had no idea that was a wig until about the time where I got her out of the car. In the .7 JK: RN: JK: earlier part of this statement, you know, I said she got out of the car and began to kind of back off from what we had been talking about, you know. She was backing out, sort of, from what I thought might be going to happen. And what I am speaking about is backing off from what she had alluded to or had hinted at, some kind of a sexual reward, or whatever you want to use. Anyway, when I?d had her take her jacket off that wasn?t a problem yet, but I think when she finally started to kind of put up a struggle that she wasn?t going to go through this really happening, that?s when I pulled her T?shirt off and I think that?s when her, you know, when her wig would have popped off. Either that or right after that. And, you know, the wig would have ended up on the ground or someplace. Do you remember loading up the wig with the rest of her clothes and putting them in the trunk? Yeah. up. I put that up, put that in with the clothes. I picked it And that was discarded with the rest of the clothes and the jacket and those type of things other than the purse? Yeah. When she was handcuffed, when you was having oral sex, did you climax in her mouth? Yes. When she was still in the car, before she got out at the ditch there, were you two just kind of exchanging kisses back and forth or were you touching her or was she touching you or was she leading you on to any extent? Well, we were leading each other on, I guess. When she was talking about what?- In the van, you know, that she was kicked out of, it was because she said that she wouldn?t put out or got tired of putting out or whatever, I think that was the terms. And from there we got to talking about, you know, what it was that she wouldn?t do and so on and she was kind of teasing and I was, of course, eating it up and going right along with it and instead of being concerned about what the people might have been doing to her, I was concerned with what I could get done. And it was kind of a mutual thing, you know. She was enjoying the teasing and, of course, I was falling right in line with it. When it came down to, you know, when I pulled off the road and up by the drainage ditch a few minutes later and stopped the car, I hadn't had contact with her. Just other than talking. JK: JK: JK: Other than talking, and it was just the talking was kind of the setup, is what set things up. I walked around the car and got out and that?s I don?t believe that I even kissed her. I, you know,?I suspected that was probably what I was going to start to do, you know, some necking and some kissing and fondling and stuff, or whatever. It never really got to that because she, you was already in trouble as far as the, you know, here I am on duty and in a policecar and giving this gal a ride, which isn't any great big deal, but then talking this way to this lady and then now here we are out in the middle of nowhere and?? Like the point of no return? Yeah. That?s kind it. And she's led me on. I'm not saying that?s her fault, I mean, that?s just the way the conversation was, and I ate it up. She wouldn't have led me any place if?I hadn?t wanted to cooperate, you know. And when I got out of the car and had her step out then she kind of started to back out and I wasn't, you know, at that point??It just kind of accelerated rapidly. I was already, you know, you don?t think about these things consciously, but I was already in trouble if she made any kind of a squawk at all, I was already in trouble. Was she an average, nice-looking girl as far as you can remember? Like you say, she was kind of at she may have been close, like you say, to a medium build? She was average built. She wasn't some sweathog and she wasn?t a real knock out. Seemed to be clean? Seemed to be-?yeah. She don't think it would have gone any where if she was some, you know, I use the word sweathog, but you know what I mean. I mean somebody dirty and grubby and she seemed to be, I guess, in some respects, just average size, average build, average complexion. I guess I would say pretty, but, you know, she wasn?t a knock out but she was attractive and-? Was she wearing any jewelry, a watch or rings or anything? I don?t remember any jewelry at all. From the impression that I got that it seems she had only a couple of dollars in her purse when I went through it later. If that, I mean it was hardly nothing. And if she had ever had any jewelry, it was long since gone or pawned or hocked or sold or whatever. I don't remember her wearing any jewelry at all. Do you remember her fingernails in particular? Were they long fingernails or were they short? JK: They weren?t real short, like chewed down real short and they weren?t long, elegant nails. They wouldwhave just been, I hate to keep using the word average. But they were a woman?s fingernails but not the long, you know, not from somebody that had never done any work?with her long fingernails with polish and stuff on them. Do you remember if they were polished or just plain? I don?t believe they were. They were just plain. Now after this happened, Bob, she was strangled and killed and thrown into the ditch, I believe we went by the place. You directed us to the place, the location where this pole is. We just kind of went to the back part of area east of Blue Earth on the gravel and etc. and you kind of directed us to this place and it was a kind of a place that you told us about before with the pole and the meters and it looked like it might of been a dryer site beside the ditch. As far as I know, it's the only one in the area, only location in the area that looks like that. You more or less found that yourself when Roger and I took you out there. Yeah. We took the-? You know, I hadn?t driven these roads for nine years, but we took the way that I had thought gone when I had talked to you guys when I was down in Texas. And I told you, you know, you turn here and you turn there, and so on. And a couple of the roads that I had thought had gone through weren?t the roads that I remember, you know. We?re talking about nine years ago and some of these roads I traveled pretty frequently, like some the main roads, County Road 11 and some of them cut across as close to Blue Earth and close to town. But now, when we went out on that drive and we found that spot-?in fact, when we came back I told you we came back you flew me up here and we drove down the freeway to come back to Blue Earth and went by that spot, in my heart I looked at that spot and it wasn't the one I was expecting it to be. But I looked at that spot and I said that's the place. I had said it to myself. We didn't say anything to you, but it was kind of obvious, you know, you knew we were thinking about the same thing? Sure. Sure. Yeah. And we came down the road a few more miles closer to Blue Earth to the spot I kind of thought it was and I looked at that and I said that is the spot. That?s where I thought I might have been, but it was not the spot. When we came back from that location that day, and then it made a little more sense to you and to us both when we came back on the gravel on the north side of the freeway, you even mentioned the farmplace that was coming up ahead. The directions that I gave you, I had some the I had some of the landmarks, I mean, I knew Yeah, I knew-? landmarks in my mind. 10 JK: RN: some of the places I had driven that night. But they didn?t?-they turned out to be, you know, places that are on the route that we took to come back because of my confusion being gone and not driven these roads for like, you know, nine years or so, that the roads that I, you know, I had said I had went north off the freeway and doubled back, that just didn?t work out. What I had done is gone south and then crossed over the north side of the freeway, County Road 11. And, of course, I knew that road like the back of my hand. I have been on that road hundreds of times. That gravel road and County Road 11 and east off County Road 11 quite a bit. I think you even remembered on the way back there, coming back west on the north side of the Interstate, you mentioned the Wessel?s farmplace there? Yes. You remember that? Where it makes a little curve, just a little gentle curve, kind of, sort of, back and forth, and there's a brick farmplace off on the north side. I knew that. And then just beyond that there's a drainage ditch and beyond that is the-- Well, anyway, I remembered some of the landmarks that I, you know, I knew were there. I just?- From a thousand miles away in Texas and nine years back, I had given the wrong directions, but the landmarks were still in my head. I could find the landmarks. I knew the roads. And the road, you know, that we are talking about parallels the freeway about a half mile on the north side of the freeway and goes by every one of the landmarks that I mentioned. At the time that I told you, when we went out there, you and I and Roger went out there back in April to find this spot in the field where the murder occurred, I had no idea at that time which way the drainage flow was in that drainage ditch or anything. All I knew was that was the spot and, in fact, I had no way of knowing where the body was recovered. I had never seen that in the reports and never read it in the paper or anything. I was out of town when that happened. I was down in St. Louis. We had gone down for a wedding. After the murder happened, Bob, and of course when you came back from the site there, you said it was like between 9 and 11 o?clock, 11 which meaning about probably coffee-time while working on the night shift and stuff like that. Do you remember having coffee or who you possibly met with when you had coffee afterwards? I know this is a long time back. Friday night I had crashed and Saturday night I took off Well, I was working night shift. had the accident with Frankie Drake. sick leave_as I was stiff and sore. 11 JK: JK: JK: RN: JK: Where did go the next day? Could we-- Saturday? I Yeah.: I think Saturday I cleaned out some of the stuff out of my squad car and I spent a good deal of that Saturday with Marsha. I told you that before. Yes. It makes me sick, but the I'm not proud of any of this garbage. truth is-? Your old girlfriend? Marsha is the gal that I was having an affair with at that time. And I spent most of that day with her. Sunday I worked, 3:30 to midnight. Dick Hall was my partner and Monday I worked 3:30 to midnight, and that was a holiday. Monday was a holiday. Sunday night, I think, now like I say, Sunday and Monday I didn?t do much because I was stiff and sore. I didn't do a lot of work. Sunday would have probably been probably the 26th of May, 198%? Sunday would have been the 26th of May, 1980, yeah. The 24th was Friday night when I had the accident. And I suspect we stopped for coffee someplace, I mean, we always did. Do you think you were able to act natural? Were you able to handle that pretty well? See for the After that accident, for the next few days, I was stiff and sore and kind of mentally quiet and out of it a little bit. I mean, if anybody would have noticed something goofy about me, they would have probably figured that I was just stiff and sore and quiet and moody from this thing happening. And you were hurting from the accident? Yeah, I was. I had bruises and stuff all over me. You know, if this gal would?ve put up a struggle and there would?ve been any bruises or marks on me from her, it wouldn't have been noticeable, I had so many bruises on me from the thing with Frankie. I mean, a couple of extra bruises, you know, if she kicked me or something, in the fight would just flat, would not have been something noticeable. Do you remember, did she try to kick you or anything? 12 RNlittle bit of a struggle but, like I said, she wasn't that big and I had all the advantages. She was handcuffed, she was on her knees, and I?m a whole lot bigger than she was. Was she hollering and swearing? Trying to. Was there any blood from her fingers? Did that get on you or anything? Was there some blood? You know. Yeah. From pulling out the?- Fingernails. From pulling out the fingernails that there's going to be some blood. Her hands are behind her back and first of all, it would not would not have gotten on me. I mean, it would have been just blood that was just oozing and not squirting out, you know. And secondly, if I had gotten a couple of splotches of blood on me, you would have never noticed it on the trousers on the maroon uniform. A lot of times I would have blood all over me and never see it. Is there anything else that you can think of, Bob, that we possibly missed here that you could add to? Not at this time. I would be more than happy to give you any details or anything else that comes up, but just that this whole thing is just a progression going from something stupid to all this, you know, the sudden realization that not only am I in trouble, I?m talking about before I forced her to do anything, I'm already in trouble with, you know, just having her in the car and that kind of stuff. It It went in three or four minutes from just having a moderate problem of having her the point where I forced her to perform a sexual act. I had hurt her in many ways, you know, emotionally and everything else and then all this anger and rage and hatred and everything else-- Like I said, Jerry, at the time the emotion was so powerful that I remember, man, I hated myself. I hated her. I hated everything. I hated what I was doing with Marsha. But I didn?t want to give it up. You know, I just hated what I was doing. I had a wife_and kids and a job and career and probably a million things when up through my mind at once. And all of it was just selfishness and hate and I didn't realize how much hatred and how much hurt there was inside. You probably are kind of like us, you would probably just like to get it over with, right? Yeah. That's all I wanted since I contacted you guys first way 13 JK: back in, what? February? That's correct. January or February. We haven?t promised or threatened you or anything? No. Not at all. It?s been a difficult deal because it's been nine years ago. It?s been very painful and it?s had some goofy twists here and there, but all I want to do is see that the truth comes out and it?s taken care of? Even if it?s awful, it's better than not being known. At this time I think we will conclude the tape, Bob, and thanks and the time now is 12:12 p.m. 14 Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #80000335 - 4/15/88 Page 1 - RN: RB: RN: RB: RN: RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: _I've got a question if you've got a chance to answer it. Sure, I can try. On ah, those hair samples. Um hum. Apparently, there was, what is the situation, that so much time has transpired between Right. I took the hair samples in the analysis last week and talked to her about it. She is, wasn't even willing to accept the hair samples, because over a period of time, especially" 8 years plus that: we're talking' about, she's saying that hair characteristics and color do change. And in your particular incident, instance there is a definite change in hair color. Yeah. I didn't know you before, but in talking to Roger and Jerry and Kay, they've all indicated that so. tn huh. She says that she isn't even willing to look at it. She says no matter what I get, if I get a match and it's not scientifically sound or if I eliminate, same thing. In other words it be used more as an elimination than as a match. No, not really. (inaudible) No, no. Okay. They would have no scientific basis whatsoever is what she's telling me so. Okay, okay, okay, I got ya. So that's all. Did you say that it's beginning to become more clear, is that correct. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 2 RN: RB: RN: RN: RB: RB: ?Yeah. Okay. Yeah. What is becoming more clear as compared to when we talked to you a week and a half ago. 1 Well, ah, like I said some of the details, the scenario is more complete. Um, again hoping that everything that I said was absolutely true because I wasn't trying to make anything up. Um hmm. Same thing with you know, what I say now, I believe what I saw was I was some place unobserved, parked off to the side or driving by or something unobserved when this gal got out of a van on Interstate 90. Okay. At Briceland. Pardon me. At the Briceland exit. That's what I believe, yeah, westbound. Okay. Ahh, Now you're on duty. Yes. Okay. Any idea as to what day, and I know the dates may be difficult but try to put it in relationship to the aCcident on the 24th. Well, again I, ah, did, -did they send you a copy of the thing that I wrote. The first one. Yeah. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 3 - RB: No. I'm not sure. I've got a copy of the hand written .statement that you gave Melody oh, back in January I guess. Is that it or is it something different. No, it's something different. It's a name, town, some details, clothes No I haven't got that yet. Okay. What I guess I can't imagine why not. I don't know why that, that hasn't been sent to you. Melody was trying to get some other stuff together for me. Okay. And she may have been waiting for that. Okay, okay, okay. Can you basically tell me what it says. Ah, basically a name. Okay. You've got the name. I've got the name of Jacobson. First and middle. Okay what's the first name. You don't have those. Either Christina I have the first three names. Christine, or Caroline Marie Jacobson. The first name that I had was Caroline. Okay. Caroline Marie. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 4 - RB: RN: RB: RN RB: RB: RB: ,Caroline Marie Jacobson. Yeah. Alright, from Ah, Milwaukee. Okay, and you're sure about'the Milwaukee area. Well, hah, again all of these things are, are the impressions and.2[ don't mean to sound vague about it. I hope you don't think I'm playing games. All of these things are the impressions and I, they didn't come to me from, they came to me in the same way that the impression that I had about Chris came. Okay. I don't know how I can even describe that to you. I guess you'll just have to trust me to say that they came to me in the same way that those dbl. Ah, the name, the year of birth, the clothing description. I don't know. I guess if I'd known what I was coming downstairs for I would have brought my little file along. Okay. I've talked to Dave and when Dave talked to you he has given me the clothing description and I believe he said she was born in 58. Yeah. Yeah. And then when I talked to Melody the other day she indicated that you had mentioned something about a blue van. About a what. A blue van. Yeah, okay. Okay. That's the vehicle that you see her getting out of. Yeah. A blue older model, of course this is 8 years ago, but 8 years ago subtracting what it would have been, it would have been a you know, 5 or 6 year old. Okay. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page wasn't a, it wasn't one of the new cruiser style van. It 'was an old blue, I believe it was blue, the van. Did she indicate to you where she was going or what she was doing out in that area. No. I remember that she was upset. I 0 Like an argument with the people in the van. My impression again is that there were 2 or 3 other people in the van. Okay. Um hm. And I think she got out of the sliding door. Okay. The side door in other words, not opening one of the front doors. They take off and leave her. Yeah: Alright. And then you go down there. Yeah. - Any conversation or anything between the two of you or I mean it Yeah. You know, wasn't I don't have any details on it. Um hm. I would have asked for id and ah, you know that type of thing. Okay. You know like I said, the recollection, the impression that I've got is that she was upset for some reason. Ah, So the name and Probably came off of some kind of id. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 6 - RB: RN: ?What happens then Bob. We went west towards town and instead of, got off the freeway at the Blue Earth exit and instead of going south into town I went north onto the gravel road and out east a couple, three miles. Ah, sat and talked for a little while and again, the blanks are filling in but there's, there's no conversation. My impression is of a conversation. I don't know the words of the conversation. Is that, do you understand what I'm sayingJ Sure. Okay, okay. Okay. And then ah, the, the scene, I got to move so a trustee can mop the hall here.. Okay. the scene is on, it's not a road it's just the top of it's a field drive, you know a dirt drive. Ah, the, Um hm. On the west side of the drainage ditch, one of the ah, ah judicial ditches. Okay. In the background I think on the other side there's an electric pole and it's got like either a meter or something on it like where, it's like the road that parallels the freeway runs about half to three-quarters of a mile north of the freeway. Okay. Runs east and west. Okay. And then I went south off of that into this field. Twe- thirds of the way towards the freeway, approximately. Okay. Um hm. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 7 - RN: RB: RB: ?25? 50 $3 31:? RB: RB: RB: Somewhere in there on the other side, I believe there's like a where somebody had a, a telephone pole or excuse me I believe it's a power pole because you can almost see a meter on it. Um hm. Like where they deadened it for somebody to put in a big corn dryer or something in the fall. Or naybe where the wire comes down and runs upderground across the freeway, but there's something which terminates there. Okay. And I thought there was a meter on it. And I believes it's on the other side. I'm talking about a (inaudible) on the west side because the canal runs north south. Right. And this meter or something being across on the other side. ?kay. And ah, I don't know you know exactly how it went down. But I, I talked to her and I suppose gained a confidence or something like that and then. The impression that I had from the beginning is the one that precipitated this whole thing was me standing behind with the cord around her neck and basically that's about all the detail I've got. I mean it's, these are all impressions that, oh I hate to keep using that thing like an excuse, but I'm trying to bring, trying to bring the things together. You know, or this isn't a self help program, but all the was meant to do is to get a person to acknowledge the truth and accept it. Um hm. And that's what I'm trying to do is to bring? the two together into reality. Is there any argument Bob, prior to the time that you get out of the car. You know something must have lead up to the killing. No, I don't, I don't see any argument at all. I see just How about the removal of the clothing. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 8 - RN: RB: RB: RB: No, nothing there yet. Just, just the gaining of the ?confidence and then, and I don't know, possibly handcuffing her but that's just a very vague, that's even vaguer than vague. I gonna, I guess I would have to say that's a guess because you know she would have, she would have resisted somehow. Um hm. Maybe, on ah, I don't know maybe on the body there was handcuff marks or something. I don't know. I'm not asking you. I don't even want to know. Yeah. And I wouldn't tell you anyway. No. Okay. At this point Yeah. to Jane specifically you know I'm not going to No, no. I don?t, I don't want that happening because I don't want to look for, I'm looking for truth. not for guesses. How about the face. Can you give me a description, physical description. You know you've given the clothing description to Dave. Yeah. How about the face and other physical features. Um, well, I don't know if the physical features. It'd be someone of average height and in other words you're looking at probably for me I mean, hey you know. Yeah. At average, to me an average height woman is Okay. Um, average build. Not skinny, not fat. I had remembered short, short hair, but that might have been off a photo id. I can't tell you that, I don't know. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 9 - RB: RN: RB: RB: Okay. But that, my impression was short hair, above shoulder length, neck length. Um hm. But that could have been off of a photo. Now when we were down there last time we told you, you know you told us that and we told you that, that JANE had her head shaved. Yeah. Can you reconcile the differences. Maybe the difference is the photo id showed, showed the hair. Okay. I don't Is it something' that you :may' have shaved. her? head for whatever reason. No. No. I'd say that is so far out of possibility and so far remote it's just, that, that would be way out. if a wig or something. That's possible. That would be possible. Okay. So after, after she's dead. What happens then. At that jpoint, ah, all I, allcan remember is ah, that would be, that would be less clear. I guess you know you'd have to surmise that I put her in the canal. Um hm. At that point, else. or do you transport her some place Unclear. That I don't know. Okay. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 10 - RN: RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: can't assume anything. I would, well, I was just going to say I would assume. But I don't know. I, I won't assume anything. Okay. Clothing and other personal belongings. Okay the clothing, maybe not at that point because I didn't have my car, but ended up I believe in a plastic, a white plastic bag all by itself with nothing else in it. 4 Okay. I remember the clothing that ah, that I shared with you, the clothing description. Um hm. Okay. ?Um, I remember a t-shirt or sweatshirt type thing, pullover, blue jeans and. a light field jacket, a light cotton army type field jacket. Okay. Not the winter style but the summer style, the lighter one. I don't remember any shoes. My impression is.no shoes. And my impression also is no, no underwear. Alright. Pardon. That's fine, I was just responding to that. Okay. I have a little bit of a hard time hearing here because there's a lot of noise out in the hall. Okay. But that's my impression. Not that it wasn't there but that there was none. That's, same thing with shoes and ah, the purse I've described. I think you got you know. Yeah, I've got that. Okay. Okay. And the purse Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 11 RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: RB: ~Did not go in the same bag. That's where I thought they, they got separated. How about any jewelry or anything that was on the body. None. No recollection and my impression right now just off the top of my head is none, zero. Okay. Is there any particular reason that you're separating the clothing and the purse and taking those items to two different locations. I think the clothing went to the landfill. Okay. Without anything else in the sack. No newspapers with my name on it, you know, that kind of thing. For all the Obvious reasons. It's ah, the purse, if I put it away I believe it would have stayed where I put it because based on what I'm looking back on as far as ah, reality, I wouldn't have wanted to see that again or deal with it again. Okay. I believe if I put it some place it stayed there and that's why I was so hoping that it was where you know, where I thought it was. Well we literally tore the, that section of the barn apart and it's not there. Did you go all the way around all 4 walls upstairs like. Well, the double wall doesn't extend all the way around on all 4 sides. It's across the, the front and Okay, but you looked all the way, you looked all the way upstairs. Yup. Yup. Okay. Well, you know, there was Some, there was some bails of hay that were in the back side which would be what, northwest side Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 12 - RB: RB: Yeah. - ~That we didn't move because there was no double walls back there. But along the front and along the south side, know that was all checked. you Uh huh. I wish you'd cOuld come up with it. Yeah, so do I Bob. I I wish worse than you do thpt, that it would have come up. Is there any chance that you could have buried some place. I doubt it. I doubt it. Okay. When I talked to Ron on one of the conversations, and by the way, you know that the information that you're giving to Ron is, is eventually ended up to us don't you. Oh I hope so. That's why I share it with him. Absolutely, he's my, he's my contact with, with everything. Okay. Alright I just wanted to make that clear. No, run. no, no. That's more than understood. That's, I wouldn't have it any other way. Okay. Alright. In one of the conversations that I had with him he indicated the possibility of the second purse. Yeah, when I had the recollection that I had first was the black leather and then secondly shortly after that was ah, ah, purse made out an old pair of blue jeans. Um hm. You know the back pockets and stuff. But, What's your question on the second one. ah, I don't know. Well I just, he had mentioned something about it. I was unclear as to whether we're talking about 2 separate incidences or whether .we're talking about 2 purses, different memories of the same Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 13 - RN: RB: - But. I don't know. I don't there's more than one incident. And so far I've looked towards the Sherburne thing and I honestly don't, I'm drawing a blank all the way around on that.. I don't think there's any tie there. Not that I wouldn't say there was if there was. I don't think So. Okay.v Um hm. But I don't think there is: I don't see any um, I'll still work on it, you know I hawen't just crossed it off and said well of course not. Okay. But I've got nothing on that. I've got one fact on it. Alright, what's that. Not, not concerned with, I guess it's maybe a question mark for your investigation. You know Whitey Carlson right. Um hm. ?e talked about him. Right. You know he was from Trimont. Right. Originally. Right. Okay, you knew that. Yeah. And he knew his way around there and all that. Um hm. Okay. As far as hair samples, there was something that went down in the Twin Cities when he was working out of the Twin Cities about ah, taking advantage of somebody in the car when he was working. Hm. I wasn't aware of that. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 14 - RN RB: RB: RB: ?And that was like 2 or 3 years, that would have been like 72, 3, 4, somewhere in there. Um hm. period you need between sample they vacuumed out the car in standing in here, you know I don't know how much time and sample, but I know that question. I'm using my words, where I'm standing here. Right. That's why I use terminology is a little loose here. Right. Ah, that might help you on something there. Alright, I'll check that out. That, that came, I remembered that you know 3, 4 days ago and I thought about well should I say any, should I say anything about it. Is it worth a special letter or anything like that, but this is the opportunity I'm talking to you now. I thought I'd pass it along. Okay. Not to make you chase loose ends but. Yeah, I've chased enough of those, I don't need any more. Yeah, yeah. Anything else Bob that you, that has come to your mind and, but as far as your concerned, although it isn't real clear right now, do you think that you were involved in the death of Jane DOE. There's more and more clarity to ?what I'm getting the impressions on. Okay. It's still not techni-color, wide screen and all that. Um hm. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 15 - RN: RB: RB: RB: door opened, But there's more and more clarity and as I, again as the what I've been trying to do is 'to bring everything out in the hopes that 100% of it is absolutely based in fact as the things were that I shared with Melody on the investigation here. Okay. I'm trusting that if nothing else the very, the bulk of it, I'm trying not to makeup as I go along. That's why it seems to be slow in my mind. Yeah. And like I told you before, I don't want you to do that Bob No, I Because we're not here to railroad anybody. Well, I don't want to. I, that would serve no purpose for anybody. Right. But things are beginning to come together, you know, like I said the scenario is basically complete in my mind. Um hm. Without a grand detail, but the scenario is basically complete if, if, what I'd like to see is that the purse to show up and to me that would be kind of an anchor for the rest of it. Um hm. Because that would have been absolutely verified and, and, and the rest of it would pretty much anchor into place. Right now it's not tossing around a lot but it's drifting a little. You know what I'm saying. Yeah. It's not all solid it's, it's what I believe to be true. But you, right. Or I wouldn't have Said anything. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 16 - RB: RN: RB: RB: But you feel that you were involved. ~Absolutely. Okay. Absolutely. How about, to change the subject here a little bit- Yeah. about the circumstances with Ah, again a little bit more detail. A little bit more clarity. And that's, that's the incidences with him have been going on since he was a young boy. Yeah, started there. Started in Elmore. Elmore. Yeah. And continued up in Fergus. Yeah. And Texas. Well, I guess I'm not going to go into that right now. I think, I think for the time being Bob, I don't see any particular reason to come down next week and talk to you. No. I think you've been candid with me on the phone and I think what I'll do is give you some more time and let you think about it. Do they allow you to keep notes and stuff. Yeah. I've got a little file upstairs. Keep, keep track of your memory and when it comes to you and so forth. Telephone Interview with Robert Leroy Nelson #88000335 - 4/15/88 Page 17 - RN: Is this, is this Your phone (inaudible) RB: Yeah, this is my phone. RN: Okay so if I RB: If you want to talk to me call, call collect next time. RN: Okay. RB: You know I don't know how you're paying for this. RN: I'm not. RB: Ha, ha, ha. RN: Well, I'm not. I just punch the button. .The county is. They owe me one after 100 days anyway. RB: Okay. RN: Um, let me plant a seed. Alright. RN: Just a thought. It's a question, not a. That's all it is. I know, you know, in the, ah, I'm wondering if, if things might become more :iear-if you thought some place along the line, I'm not even asking whether that's right now or today if you could bring me back that I might. go over' this physically, travel this path to that path. What I'm thinking is, if Minnesota could bring me back under indictment for the same thing I'm' charged with in Texas, Texas could not necessarily drop things RBconcurrent with whatever Minnesota did, the same crime. Meanwhile I'm up there where I might have a chance. I'm not saying this is possible today. I don't think I've got enough facts yet today, but meanwhile I'm up there or maybe running through this, visiting, stopping, looking around might refresh 8 years ago memory. RB: Um hm. 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