Found Deceased ND - Eric Haider, 30, Dickinson, 24 May 2012

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http://www.farmandranchguide.com/ne...cle_7504319a-b9b3-11e2-b353-001a4bcf887a.html

Posted: Friday, May 10, 2013 3:51 pm
By Lauren Donovan, The Bismarck Tribune

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Erik Haider, 30, of Bismarck, has been missing since May 24, 2012. He was last seen at a Dickinson-area job site, where he'd been commuting to work for a plumbing company.

A coworker said Haider had left the Baker-Hughes job location to cash a check and never returned to collect his belongings at the job site.

 

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Murder in Bakken Formation: Police probe possible connection to other disappearances

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/1...ances-near-north-dakota-bakken/#ixzz2TbJyIQop

 

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The Charley Project

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/haider_eric.html

 

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Update, potentially. Clothed skeletal remains have been found in the area where Eric is believed to have disappeared. This is close to where I work; until the recent construction activity there started again recently I drove this way to work.

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/ne...ins-construction-worker-found-north-dickinson

http://www.kxnet.com/story/29138844/update-on-investigation-of-skeletal-remains-found-in-dickinson

 

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Missing man found three years later
Eric Haider's body was found at the same construction site where he disappeared

In a news release, Discovery Investigations of Rapid City says its investigators found the body of 30-year old Eric Haider last Thursday buried at a construction site - exactly three years to the day he went missing from the same location in Dickinson.

Haider&#8217;s ID was confirmed today by a forensic pathologist.

The victim&#8217;s mother, Maryellen Suchan, who lives in Rapid City, told KOTA Territory News that her son&#8217;s body was well preserved &#8211; so much so that forensics experts are interested in the case for research purposes. Suchan said the body still had some facial hair, and several personal items including his wallet and cell phone were found with the remains.

http://www.kotatv.com/news/south-dakota-news/missing-man-found-three-years-later/33292908

 

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Four years after Haider disappearance, his family continues to seek closure

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/local/4048028-four-years-after-haider-disappearance-his-family-continues-seek-closure

Haider's remains were found last May during excavation for road construction, buried under the earth in a crouched, kneeling position and facing the same length of pipe he'd been working on three years earlier.

Arguable basis for either manslaughter or negligent homicide

In early March of this year, Stark County State's Attorney Tom Henning declined to file criminal charges in the incident. His decision, however, wasn't unchallenged.

When Henning chose not to file charges, the Dickinson Police Department decided to close the Haider case, an action which opened the record of the incident and the subsequent investigation to the public.

A narrative within that record filed by Dickinson Police Detective Sgt. Kylan Klauzer, the lead investigator in the case, states Haider's body was positioned in a "manner that was consistent with dirt being pushed in on top of it while it was seated near the pipe or while it had been standing and had been forced to the ground."

 

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Disappearance of Eric Haider: Family searches for answers

http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Disappearance-of-Eric-Haider-Family-searches-for-answers-402765666.html

Police narratives state: "The body faced a water pipeline, the same one Eric’s crew was installing at the time of his disappearance.”

He was found in a crouched position with his wallet, work helmet and several other items.

In the autopsy, pathologists stated: “Positioning of the body at the time of excavation is suggestive of the decedent working on a pipe at the time of demise.”

His pacemaker indicated his death was around 12:19 p.m. on May 24, 2012, which is five minutes after coworkers started backfilling a hole that day.

The cause of death? Left undetermined.

The two men backfilling the ditch the day Haider was buried could have been charged with manslaughter or gross negligence.

But Henning says there isn’t enough circumstantial evidence to charge one of the men.

“In this instance, I don’t know that either operator can tell you if for sure it wasn’t them. And for proof beyond a reasonable doubt, I can’t put them up there and tell the jury to pick," saidHenning&#8203;.

He decided to close the case and declined to file criminal charges. &#8203;

The mother of Haider’s daughter is being compensated by Workforce Safety, but the family has never received any other compensation.

They continue to search for closure, but say monetary compensation can’t replace what they’ve lost.

“It’s the most empty, lonely, crazy life,” said Mary Ellen Suchan, Haider's mom.

 

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Workplace death of North Dakota construction worker in 2012 lacks answers nearly a decade after he went missing, found buried at site years later