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Robert Duane Peterson

Case from Kettle River, MN dated Nov 09, 2014

Victim Details

Robert Duane Peterson

Male

White / Caucasian

Kettle River

MN

2014-11-09

69

Robert

Duane Peterson

06/30/2026

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On November 9, 2014, 69-year-old Robert Duane Peterson of Nowthen, Minnesota, tragically lost his life in a hunting accident in Carlton County. Early that morning, his son dropped him off at his deer stand in Automba Township around 6 a.m. When the son returned approximately four and a half hours later, he discovered his father had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. Authorities determined that Peterson had accidentally shot himself while in his deer stand.

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