Times Staff Report
ST. CLOUD A St. Cloud man made his first appearance in Sherburne County Court Monday in connection with the death of a 25-year-old man whose body was found last November near St. Cloud Regional Airport.
Ricco Dejon Tyson, 43, is charged with second-degree murder and first-and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Tyler Ecklund, according to a Sherburne County press release.
Sherburne County District Court Judge Walter Kaminsky set bail for Tyson at $2 million without conditions and $1 million with conditions.
Tyson is accused of killing Ecklund and disposing of his body near the airport in southeast St. Cloud. Ecklund was found dead in a vacant lot in the 1000 block of 55th Avenue Southeast on the evening of Nov. 14. According to an autopsy, Ecklund died of a gunshot wound to the head.