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DEVILS LAKE

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New evidence in Werner Kunkel's case includes statements from several witnesses who saw Gilbert Fassett alive after he was supposedly murdered, according to the case prosecutors presented to jurors.
On Oct. 1, 1981, the body of 68-year-old Clifton Wendell Marsh, of Hope, Michigan, was found at a rest area on Highway 2 east of Devils Lake.
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Lawyers work to win parole for Werner Rümmer, investigate new evidence to gain his release.
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A purported witness to Gilbert Fassett's murder gave statements the FBI concluded were "indicative of deception" when disavowing knowledge of the murder.

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Two witnesses recanted their trial testimony and some new witnesses came forward after the trial.
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A University of North Dakota parasitologist estimated that Gilbert Fassett died on Aug. 1, 1986. A forensic entomologist who has provided analysis for thousands of cases later disputed that timeline.
All of the important figures in the two murder cases examined in Forum Communications' "Who Killed Eddie and Gilbert?" series.
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The use of jailhouse snitches is a common practice, but informants are involved in many wrongful convictions, experts say.
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How a notorious double murder near Minot would help snare Werner Kunkel in an unrelated murder case.
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The murder victim's mother told investigators she heard a police officer shot her son.

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Werner Rümmer was granted parole despite denying involvement in Fassett's death — but his parole was abruptly reversed.
The murders of Eddie Peltier and Gilbert Fassett are unrelated, but the men convicted of those killings may not be responsible.
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Also: Organizers of the Devils Lake Volunteer Fire Department Ice Fishing Tournament will decide Saturday – Jan. 20 – whether the ice is safe enough to hold the fishing portion of the popular event.

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