Nodine, MN: Nodine couple shot to death

By Nolan Rosenkrans | Winona Daily News | Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:05 am | 1


NODINE, Minn. - A couple married for about five months was found shot to death Tuesday afternoon in their home, Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand said.
Deputies found the bodies of Morgan Nederhiser, 47, and wife Debrah Nederhiser, 59, in an upstairs bedroom at 42341
Hwy. 12.
Investigators still are piecing together Tuesday's events, but the sheriff said there were no signs of forced entry and the Nederhisers were the only ones involved.
"We're not positive yet what exactly took place," Brand said.
Deputies went to the house about 1:30 p.m., after being asked to check on the Nederhisers, Brand said. Deputies were told someone in the home may have a gun.
The Nederhisers probably had been dead since Tuesday morning, Brand said.
Authorities carried a shotgun and handgun from the house, but Brand declined to say if they were involved in the shootings. Deputies also removed evidence bags containing bedding.
The deaths left neighbors and residents in this normally quiet, rural community shaken and in disbelief.
The Nederhisers had married in September and seemed happy, neighbor Mike McGuire said.
"I drove by and said, ‘Uh oh, something bad happened,'" he said. "It's just unbelievable."
McGuire said he's known Morgan Nederhiser for more than a decade and called him "one of the most caring guys I know."
He said there were no signs anything might be amiss between his neighbors. Police had no history of calls to the Nederhiser home, Brand said.
Two assistant Winona County attorneys were at the house for more than an hour with members of the sheriff's department.
Both bodies went to a forensic pathologist in Rochester, Minn., for autopsies.