Paroled killer charged with kidnapping, sexual assault
May 19, 2021
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) A paroled killer is charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in rural St. Louis County.
Dennis Hannuksela, 62, picked up the 20-year-old woman he has known for several years last Saturday, according to a criminal complaint.
The two smoked marijuana and drove north of Duluth on Highway 53 where they stopped to dump a couch, authorities said. That s when Hannuksela lunged at the woman who got out of the vehicle and ran down the road before he tackled, zip-tied and sexually assaulted her, the complaint said.
The injured woman went to the hospital after she was dropped off at her home early Sunday morning, according to prosecutors.