Richard Nelson

On a cold January night in 2014, the quiet of a rural Montgomery Township, Minnesota, farmhouse was shattered by a single act of violence. Inside, Richard Nelson, a 47-year-old male, was shot and killed as he slept on the living room floor. The devastating event, which occurred on January 6, was not discovered by a stranger, but was instead reported by his own son, who would soon become the primary suspect in the patricide.

Authorities were alerted to the grim scene by a 911 call from 18- ...

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