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.
Brian Michael Johnson, 21, of Spicer, was sentenced Monday in Kandiyohi County District Court to ten years of probation and a 90-day jail sentence beginning in February. Prosecutors agreed to a stay of adjudication after he pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in November.
Amanda Lynn Todd, 37, of Willmar, was sentenced to 180 days in Kandiyohi County Jail with 90 days to be served immediately after her hearing in court Jan. 26.