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Algene Vossen, 81, who was arrested in Sioux Falls, had previously been found incompetent to stand trial for the 1974 killing of Mae Herman in her Willmar home.
A murder charge for a Willmar cold case was dismissed after prosecuting attorneys learned the defendant, Algene Vossen, had died. Vossen had previously been found incompetent to stand trial and separately had been temporarily committed for mental illness. Vossen was 81 years old.
Algene Vossen, 81, who was arrested in Sioux Falls, had previously been found incompetent to stand trial for the 1974 killing of Mae Herman in her Willmar home.
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The Kandiyohi County Attorney’s Office has filed a petition for the civil commitment of Algene Leeland Vossen, 81. He is hospitalized in Des Moines, Iowa, and has no permanent address. He was found incompetent to stand trial on a murder charge in the 1974 stabbing death of Mae Herman.