Authorities in Dakota County have filed a charge of second-degree murder against a man who had been the boyfriend of a 41-year-old woman from Burnsville. She had gone missing in November 2017 until a fisherman discovered her body this April near a bridge in Burnsville at Interstate 35W. The medical examiner in Hennepin County declared the woman's death a homicide. Her injuries indicated blunt force trauma to the right side of her face.
Minnesota man charged for death of girlfriend
What you should know about drug-induced homicide
It is no secret that there is an opioid crisis in the United States. People from all walks of life are falling prey to addiction, and its consequences are leaving families and communities devastated in the wake. Understandably, there has been a push for crackdown, but the resultant laws may be doing more harm than good. Drug-induced homicide laws, for example, are a questionable response to the drug crisis.
Minnesota man charged with attempting to murder a witness
Federal law enforcement authorities with the U.S. Attorney's Office report that a 29-year-old Fond du Lac man was arraigned on several charges after he allegedly attempted to murder another person for testifying in a court proceeding. The man was arraigned on Aug. 24 in U.S. District Court.
