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Michael Paul Pies

Case from Ashland, WI dated Oct 29, 2011

Victim Details

Michael Paul Pies

Male

White / Caucasian

Ashland

WI

2011-10-29

Michael

Paul Pies

06/27/2026

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In the autumn of 2011, the life of 36-year-old Michael Paul Pies, a White/Caucasian male from Blaine, Minnesota, came to a tragic and violent end in a motel room in Ashland, Wisconsin. His body was discovered on November 2, 2011, after relatives, concerned for his welfare, requested that police perform a check. Upon entering the room, which had been checked out in Pies' name, authorities were met with an odor and the grim discovery of his body; he had been shot in the head.

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  • Websleuths: GUILTY - MN - James Omara, Sauk Rapids, & Michael Pies, Ashland, WI, slain, Oct 2011
  • Duluth News Tribune: Woman charged with murder at Ashland motel
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