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New Orleans, MN (KROC-AM News) - His attendance at a funeral in Tennessee produced the tip that led to the capture of a former Rochester man accused of killing a former Rochester teacher.
NOLA.com, a website featuring stories by the New Orleans Advocate and the Times-Picayune says the tip allowed U.S. Marshals to apprehend 36-year-old Preston Higgs as he was traveling aboard a Greyhound Bus in Indiana. He is facing a second-degree murder charge connected to the stabbing death of Liz Quackenbush.
The 39-year-old former Rochester Public Schools employee was found murdered in the home she shared with Higgs in early March. Several days later, an arrest warrant was issued for Higgs.