On November fifth, 2002 the physique of a Montana man was discovered simply off of Freeway 2, outdoors of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Russell Turcotte was a fun-loving nineteen-year-old, who like many, cherished music, particularly rock and roll, and dancing all through the home along with his mom to it. Turcotte is remembered for his smile, his heat variety soul, and his religion in individuals.
So the query his household has, we’ve got, and the individuals of the group of Wolf Level, Montana have is, “What occurred to Russell Turcotte?”.
Final seen on July 12, 2002, Turcotte was leaving a gasoline station in Grand Forks, making an attempt to make his method again to his house state of Montana. Linda Hansen, Turcotte’s mom, had promised to ship him some cash to assist get him house sooner to attend a marriage. Turcotte by no means picked up that cash.
Turcotte had been hitch-hiking his method again house when he was final seen on that gasoline station video surveillance. That surveillance was the final identified footage of Turcotte. One way or the other he had made it 100 miles west from that gasoline station the place his physique was discovered a half a mile off of Freeway 2 virtually 4 months later, by a rancher making an attempt to catch his cattle within the tree line.
After an investigation, Turcotte’s loss of life is dominated a murder by “blunt pressure trauma to the again of his head”. Virtually 20 years later, Turcotte’s household isn’t any nearer to fixing his homicide and both is the ND Bureau of Legal Investigation.
What sort of proof was collected? It’s mentioned that there was a “bag of proof gathered”, what did it comprise? With the developments of DNA testing, not one of the proof gathered may very well be used right this moment to assist make this chilly case, a solved case? The lead Bureau of Legal Investigation Agent, Mark McNamee handed away a number of years in the past, leaving Ramsey County and NDBCI in cost.
So the query stays, “What occurred to Montana’s Russell Turcotte”? We could by no means know. Anybody with any info concerning the case of lacking Montana resident Russell Turcotte is directed to contact the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office at 701.662.0708 or the Wolf Point Montana Police Department.
cc: ND Bureau of Legal Investigation, Wolf Point Montana Police Department
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