In the early summer of 2011, the small community of Granada, Minnesota, was touched by tragedy with the death of 51-year-old Linda Kay Norman. On Thursday, June 2, 2011, her life was cut short in a quiet town just miles from her home.
The events unfolded in Imogene, a small community east of Fairmont, where Norman and a man named Curtis Larson, 50, of Welcome, were found. The two were discovered inside a minivan parked outside a local establishment.
It was determined that Larson had shot and killed Norman with a. 22-caliber rifle before turning the weapon on himself in a murder-suicide.
Investigators with the Martin County Sheriff's Office pieced together the final moments of their lives. It was revealed that Norman and Larson had been in a previous relationship. A note was later discovered in Larson's vehicle, though its contents were not made public. The investigation concluded that there were no witnesses to the shooting, which occurred entirely within the confines of the minivan. The incident left the local communities to grapple with the sudden and tragic loss of a woman they knew.
