David Daryl Pangerl | Photo: Pine County Jail WDIO Created: December 15, 2020 02:26 PM A Braham man has been charged in connected with a March homicide in Pine County. David Daryl Pangerl, 42, is facing a second degree homicide charge in connection with Scott Ness' death. Ness was found dead in a trailer on March 2, 2020, in Royalton Township, southwest of Pine City. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office rules his death a homicide. Investigators from the Pine County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the East Central Drug and Violent Offender Task Force have spent the last nine months following up on tips, according to a news release.