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U.S. NEWS Thursday 24 OcTOber 2019
Missouri farmer

charged in killing of

Wisconsin brothers

By HEATHER HOLLING- County Sheriff Jerry Gal-
SWORTH loway said during a news
Associated Press conference Wednesday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — morning. Garland is jailed
A Missouri cattle farmer without bond.
charged Wednesday with A man who answered the
two counts of first-degree phone Wednesday at the
murder shot two brothers Diemel family's cattle farm,
from Wisconsin, burned Diemel's Livestock LLC,
their bodies and dumped said he was the brother of This undated file photo provided by the Caldwell County, Mo.,
the remains on a manure the victims but declined to Detention Center shows Garland Nelson.
pile on his property, inves- comment on the charges. Associated Press
tigators said. Garland Nel- Nick Diemel's wife, Lisa Di- parking lot, where it was volved because he owed
son, 25, of Braymer, is also emel, didn't immediately found abandoned, author- the brothers money from a
charged with two counts of return a phone message. ities said. "Throughout the business deal in January.
abandonment of a corpse, Her attorney, Jennifer investigation (Nelson) pro- "I just can't believe some-
two counts of tampering Voigt, wasn't comment- vided hours of interviews body is so selfish, so cruel. I
with physical evidence in ing on the charges, said a with investigators and gave don't know how somebody
felony prosecution, two woman who answered the many misleading expla- does something like that --
counts of armed criminal phone in Voigt's office. nations and recollections to kill somebody and put
action, tampering with a According to the probable of events in attempts to them in barrels and burn
motor vehicle and unlawful cause statement, Nelson mislead law enforcement them," Chubb said. "It takes
possession of a firearm, ac- shot the brothers then put in locating Nicholas and a really sick individual."
cording to documents filed their bodies in 55-gallon Justin Diemel," Maj. Mitch- Nelson was sentenced in
in Caldwell County, Mis- metal barrels and used a ell Allen with the Caldwell 2016 to two years in prison
souri. Nelson is accused in skid loader to move them County sheriff's office said, for selling more than 600
the deaths of Nick Diemel, one at a time from a barn according to the probable head of cattle that did
35, and Justin Diemel, 24, of to a pasture. There, he cause statement. not belong to him. Nelson
Shawano County, Wiscon- burned them using diesel Galloway admitted the pleaded guilty to cattle
sin. Jack Diemel, the broth- fuel and an unknown liquid. case had been among the fraud that caused more
ers' father, said the two had Nelson told investigators he most challenging he has than $262,000 in losses. He
traveled to Nelson's north- then dumped the remains worked. Rob Chubb, who was released from prison in
western Missouri farm to on a manure pile and hid managed the feeder cat- March 2018. He also plead-
collect on a $250,000 debt, the barrels elsewhere on tle side of the Diemels' busi- ed guilty in August 2015 to
according to a probable his property, about 70 miles ness, said he believes Nel- two misdemeanor counts
cause statement. The fa- (110 kilometers) northeast son lured the brothers to his of passing bad checks.
ther reported his sons miss- of Kansas City, Missouri. property with a promise of Nelson also faces charges
ing July 21 after they failed Authorities used DNA com- repaying his debt but with in Kansas of endangering
to show up for a flight home parisons to identify the re- the intention of killing them. the food supply. Prosecu-
to Milwaukee and did not mains as the Diemel broth- Authorities have not said tors there said Nelson didn't
answer their phones. ers, according to the court anything to indicate this is have proper health pa-
If convicted of murder, Nel- documents. what happened. pers in May when he took
son could face life in pris- Nelson also drove the Chubb said he knew from 35 calves from his family's
on without parole, or the brothers' rented truck from the day the brothers went farm to a farm in Fort Scott,
death penalty, Caldwell his farm to a commuter missing that Nelson was in- Kansas.q

Police: Gunman, victim in shooting near school tied to gangs

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — was stolen in 2016 in a resi-
A teenage gunman and dential burglary in Santa
the boy he shot just out- Rosa, police said.
side a Northern California The 16-year-old victim was
high school are affiliated shot twice and released
with street gangs and were from a hospital Tuesday
involved in an ongoing night, Capt. John Cregan
dispute, authorities said told The Associated Press.
Wednesday. He would not identify the
Santa Rosa police located gangs.
the 17-year-old shooter's The gunman and the victim
.32 caliber revolver Tues- argued Tuesday morning Santa Rosa police officers hold guns as they search the cam-
day night discarded in outside of the high school, pus of Ridgway High School for suspects after a shooting at the
some bushes about 3½ where both are students, school in Santa Rosa, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019.
miles (5.6 kilometers) from as part of an ongoing dis- Associated Press
Ridgway High School, au- pute, he said. The gunman three schools before police shown this was an isolated
thorities said. The gun had opened fire, triggering a tracked him to a gym class incident of violence follow-
four rounds of ammunition lockdown for thousands nearly two hours later. ing a verbal altercation,"
and two spent cartridges; it of students and staff in "The investigation has the statement said. q