A new Netflix docuseries take listeners behind the scenes of the investigation. Articles from newspaper archives illustrate the impact of the mysterious deaths.
A pair of women's canvas shoes were discovered along the shoreline of the gravel pit pond where 22-year-old Kelly Robinson's body was found. Law enforcement now says they don't know where they are.
Danny Hogan, proprietor of St. Paul's Green Lantern Saloon, a legendary criminal hangout, saw himself as the peacemaker between gangsters and corrupt cops. In December 1928, it was the death of him.
In this Dakota Spotlight episode, the podcast tracks the movements and actions of Travis Stay and others. What was going on with him and his friends that weekend night just before Halloween?
As police responded to the scene of the beating death of Lovelien in Grand Forks on Oct. 28, 2007, they quickly zeroed in on three costumed partiers that night: a clown, a cowboy and a hunter.
In its eighth season, the Dakota Spotlight podcast is re-examining the killing of Joel Lovelien, which took place outside the Broken Drum bar in Grand Forks on Oct. 28, 2007.
Joel Lovelien, 38, was beaten to death outside of the Broken Drum Bar in Grand Forks the weekend before Halloween on Oct. 27, 2007, while in costume as a hockey player.
Under the bold headline 鈥淢urdered for Money,鈥� a Bemidji Daily Pioneer story from June 8, 1904, broke the news that a father and daughter had gone missing from the tiny town of Quiring.
This is the second time a Dallas County jury has considered the case. A trial in November ended in a mistrial after one juror refused to budge, according to notes sent to the judge from that jury.
On May 17, 1981, Karla Jo Nieland was found dead inside a vehicle belonging to her boyfriend, John Keep. Authorities arrested Keep and charged him with second- and third-degree murder 鈥� one year later, a jury found him not guilty. The case remains open.
The Mathis case, the trial and the questions that remain to this day are the subject of a new book, "South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland" by long-time South Dakota journalist Noel Hamiel. The book is available to purchase on Monday.
TV news reporter Dan MacDonald expected worried family members, maybe a town gripped by the fact that two people just up and disappeared not that long ago. What he got in Wishek in 1995 was something far different, and the trip continues to haunt him.
Investigators continue to monitor advances in DNA technology 鈥� including the expansion of DNA databases 鈥� in the hopes of revealed answers. Yet by all accounts, the case has gone cold, leaving Anita Knutson鈥檚 family and friends in a perpetual state of disbelief and uncertainty.
In the months and years leading up to her daughter鈥檚 disappearance, Mary Schabot watched Rachel Cyriacks struggle through the realities of an abusive relationship 鈥� the ups and downs and the unsuccessful attempts by loved ones to help her get out.
