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Case Description
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On January 6, 2019, the body of a White male, 33-year-old Joshua Robert Lavalley of Aurora, Minnesota, was discovered by snowmobilers on the Mesabi Trail in Hibbing. An investigation quickly determined that Lavalley had been the victim of a homicide, having been shot twice in the face. The circumstances of his death pointed to a calculated and brutal act, as it was revealed he had been blindfolded before being led into the woods to be killed.

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Victim Details

Joshua Robert Lavalley

Male

White / Caucasian

Hibbing

MN

2019-01-06

33

Joshua

Robert Lavalley

11/09/2025