Colin KalmbacherJun 15th, 2021, 7:49 pm
A woman arrested in Wisconsin for minor offenses will be extradited to Minnesota soon in order to face charges of murdering her child.
Nikki Jean Potvin, 29, stands accused of murder in the third degree and two instances of manslaughter in the second degree over the November 2020 death of her 1-year-old baby girl.
According to court records obtained by Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based ABC affiliate WQOW, Potvin allegedly told authorities that she fell asleep in her SUV and woke to find her daughter asleep in her car seat.
The criminal complaint filed in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota claims the defendant lives in an area “very cluttered with burnt garbage, waste and abandoned household items scattered throughout.” In that area there are some 12 camper and 30 different vehicles, police say.
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Crews locate body of child missing in the Mississippi River
Search personnel first began looking for the boy at Hidden Falls Regional Park after he was reported missing Monday night. Author: Alexandra Simon Updated: 11:42 AM CDT June 9, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. The Ramsey County Sheriff s Office confirms the body of a missing child has been found in the Mississippi River.
Ramsey County Water Patrol located the body at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, just downstream from the Lilydale boat launch, police said.
Search crews first began looking for the boy on Monday night after receiving reports that a child was missing from Hidden Falls Regional Park.
When the hunter became the hunted: Behind the 2016 unsolved murder of a Minnesota man
The unsolved case leaves open the questions of who killed the husband and father of four and why they pulled the trigger. It was the first homicide under Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen’s leadership and the only unsolved murder under active investigation in the county. The lack of eyewitnesses is the biggest hurdle in the investigation, Larsen said, which has thus far resulted in circumstantial evidence and a list of possible suspects, some of whom have no clear alibi. 10:03 am, May 11, 2021 ×
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