Monday, July 27, 2009

Police suspect murder-suicide in St. Peter deaths


by Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio
July 27, 2009

Authorities think the death of a young woman found in a Kasota cemetery early Saturday morning may be the result of a murder-suicide.

LeSeuer County Sheriff Dave Gliszinksi says his department is waiting for autopsy results on Michaela Widmer, 22, to help close the case.

Authorities believe she may have been killed by a neighbor, who was also found dead over the weekend. He has been identified as Ricardo Taber, 53.

Gliszinski says Widmer's abandoned daughter led them to start looking into the matter.

"The LeSeuer County law enforcement center received a call approximately 11:30 Friday evening, from an individual that happened to turn around at the public access at Lake Emily in Le Seuer County, rural St. Peter, stating that when they were down there, they saw this young female, turned out to be approximately 4 years old, sitting there by herself."

Glaszinski said the girl may have been abandoned at the boat ramp by Taber, in the course of her mother's killing

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