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A 43-year-old St. Cloud man is accused of killing a man and dumping his body near St. Cloud Regional Airport, according to a criminal complaint filed in Sherburne County District Court.
Ricco Dejon Tyson was charged with one felony count of second-degree murder, one felony count of first-degree manslaughter and one felony count of second-degree manslaughter. He made his first appearance in court Monday.
According to the complaint, the sheriff s office responded to a report of a dead body near 55th Avenue and 10th Street SE., just east of St. Cloud, on Nov. 14.
The body was later identified as 25-year-old Tyler Ecklund. A medical examiner listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head and listed the manner of death as a homicide.
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.
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