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KIMBALL - May 13^th, 1976– Post Office Bombing

It was a quiet spring morning when an explosion disrupted the small town of Kimball, Minnesota on May 13^th, 1976. The explosion came from the Kimball Post Office where assistant postmaster Ivend Holen was sorting the morning’s mail. Though the ambulance was fast to the scene, the 60-year-old father of 10 died on the way to the hospital.

Ray Covert from Eden Valley had dropped off 3 large sacks of mail in a bulk shipment from Minneapolis at the Kimball Post Office at 1 am. “I didn’t look inside (the three sacks) but they were goddamned heavy.” (St. Cloud Daily Times, 13 May 1976). Ivend Holen had begun sorting the mail for that day’s delivery when one of the packages exploded at 6:42 am. Glass was blown as far as 35 feet into the street. Read the rest of this entry »

Romero James Spellmon, Jr. is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of a war veteran on April 10, 2005, in Minnesota. It is alleged that Spellmon and an accomplice, who are reported gang members, were turned away from a cookout that was held at a residence in Minneapolis and attended by rival gang members. Then, Spellmon and his accomplice allegedly obtained pistols and fired at the residence from across the street, killing the victim, who was not a gang member. The victim was on leave from the military at the time of the shooting. Spellmon’s accomplice has been arrested, however Spellmon is at large. Read the rest of this entry »

CLOQUET, MN — The family of a slain Cloquet woman wants her elusive killer to know they will never forget what he did over ten years ago — and will never stop
pursuing him.

Trina Langenbrunner’s stabbed and tortured body was discovered off a rural road
in southern St. Louis County last Sept. 3, 2000. She was 33. Police still have few
leads and no suspects. She was stabbed 27 times. Read the rest of this entry »

Up to $50,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the murder of Sheri Thielen.
Spotlight on Crime is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization fund established by Minnesota businesses in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and state and local law enforcement officials to re-energize cases where investigations have grown cold.
Donations to the Spotlight on Crime fund are welcome. To make a donation, contact the Minneapolis Foundation at (612) 672-3878. Read the rest of this entry »

$50,000 COLD CASE Reward

A $50,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the murder of Barbara Paciotti.
Paciotti, 20, was last seen with her boyfriend, Jeff Dolinich, in the early morning hours of June 14, 1969 in Hibbing, MN. She had been out with a friend during the evening of June 13. She and her friend were driving downtown at about 1:45 a.m., and the two stopped in traffic to speak to another friend when Dolinich approached the car and asked Paciotti if she would come with him so he could speak with her. The two were seen leaving in a 1964 green Oldsmobile; it was the last she was seen alive. Read the rest of this entry »

The Brooklyn Park MN Police Department is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of Marquise Woodbury on Sunday, May 1, 2010

Woodbury, 17, was shot after leaving a party with friends along Xerxes Avenue North. Witnesses said, a group, who was not at the party, started an argument and fired three shots toward a crowd across the street. One of the shots hit Woodbury in the chest. He died in a stranger’s front yard with dozens of friends by his side. Read the rest of this entry »

In the small town of Chisholm, Minnesota, pictures of five-year-old Leanna “Beaner” Warner still hang from storefront windows and telephone poles. It’s a constant reminder to this community of 5,000 of a search that started June 14th, 2003 — the day little Leanna Warner disappeared. Read the rest of this entry »

Minnesota State investigators are still offering a $10,000 reward for information about the murder of a Chaska man whose body was found in a badly burned vehicle Dec. 6, 2008 near Green Isle.

Daniel Juarez owned DJ Satellite Service, a television satellite installation business, and was in a Chevy Trailblazer marked with Dish Network or Direct TV decals when his burned body was found. Read the rest of this entry »

The Carlton County Sheriff’s office has what they believe to be a key piece of evidence that may help lead to the killer or killers of Tom Holm and Kim Schmitz, who were killed in their home on January 9, 2011.
The sheriff’s office says the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office determined that a gunshot wound was the cause of death for both 53-year-old Kim Schmitz and her longtime boyfriend, Thomas Holm, also 53. Read the rest of this entry »

An additional reward is being offered for information in the St. Paul killing of Danny Wright, whom a man intentionally struck with a car five months ago today, police said this morning.
The reward now stands at $4,000.
The St. Paul Police Foundation initially offered a $1,500 reward and has now doubled it to $3,000. Crime Stoppers is also offering a reward of up to $1,000. The reward is for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the driver. Read the rest of this entry »