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Smithson Sentenced for Vehicular Homicide

David Smithson was sentenced after his vehicle struck and killed Brian Respler

David Andrew Smithson, 27, of Duluth was sentenced Monday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of a controlled substance when his vehicle struck and killed pedestrian Brian Respler on Dec. 19, St. Louis County Attorney, Mark Rubin said.

Jacob Wetterling Memorial Service set for September 25

The memorial service for Jacob Wetterling will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph.        The college announced the date on Friday on behalf of the Wetterling family. The service will begin at 10 a.m. on Sept. 25th. Other details will be announced later.        Jacob was 11 when he was abducted near his home in the central Minnesota community of St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. His disappearance haunted Minnesota for nearly 27 years. On Tuesday, 53-year-old Danny Heinrich, of Annandale, confessed in federal court that he abducted, sexually assaulted and killed Jacob.        Heinrich last week led authorities to the field in Paynesville where Jacob’s remains were recovered.

Montana Woman Abducted and Shot to Death

She managed to contact her family while in the trunk of a car before her death

In the hours before her death, a 47-year-old Montana woman was able to tell her family that she had been abducted by a large man in a black hoodie, and that she was in the trunk of a moving vehicle and that she loved them.