GUILTY MN - Amanda Vangrinsven, 32, found deceased, Isanti, vehicle recovered, 5 Aug 2021

[ms_x_to_the_m]

Body found in Isanti County believed to be missing woman

Fox 9 updated their previous release


BBM & IMO
Wow shocker to me. The suspect has not been named yet but the community grapevine has been active.

Wow, my mind is blown right now. Eow

 

[mlhenn]

Coworkers recall last time seeing missing Isanti woman found dead

Aug 11
Vangrinsven’s friends told FOX 9 she was out at the VFW last Thursday, hanging out, drinking and flirting with a local guy before the pair apparently took off for another bar, The Dugout, down the road in Bethel.

It was the last time Parson would see Vangrinsven alive.

"I was bartending that evening here. I had her under my wing," Parson said. "I thought she was safe and she was not. To find that out, it’s not good."

Detectives remain tight-lipped on what happened to Vangrinsven. They are waiting for the autopsy results that will determine her cause and manner of death.

Speaking with FOX 9 on Wednesday, the spouse of the man last seen with Amanda released this statement to us:

"My heartfelt sympathy and prayers go out to Amanda‘s family and friends. The individual who she was last seen with is no longer in the community and is being held in a locked mental health facility. I am actively cooperating and will continue to cooperate with all law-enforcement agencies. I please request privacy for my family and myself."

 

[realanastasia]

Coworkers recall last time seeing missing Isanti woman found dead

Aug 11
Vangrinsven’s friends told FOX 9 she was out at the VFW last Thursday, hanging out, drinking and flirting with a local guy before the pair apparently took off for another bar, The Dugout, down the road in Bethel.

It was the last time Parson would see Vangrinsven alive.

"I was bartending that evening here. I had her under my wing," Parson said. "I thought she was safe and she was not. To find that out, it’s not good."

Detectives remain tight-lipped on what happened to Vangrinsven. They are waiting for the autopsy results that will determine her cause and manner of death.

Speaking with FOX 9 on Wednesday, the spouse of the man last seen with Amanda released this statement to us:

"My heartfelt sympathy and prayers go out to Amanda‘s family and friends. The individual who she was last seen with is no longer in the community and is being held in a locked mental health facility. I am actively cooperating and will continue to cooperate with all law-enforcement agencies. I please request privacy for my family and myself."

Oh, yikes—not only was the dude with whom she was last seen likely a murderer, he was also married!

 

[ms_x_to_the_m]

WOW, I am still shocked by this case. I do wonder if he was out just looking for a person to be with and things didn't end the way he wanted and he just snapped. Sorry, just wondering how a married person goes from (apparently) being married to picking someone up. And I do wonder if this was his first time.
Scary, you never really know who people are.

 

[bykerladi]

Sounds like he had serious mental illness

 

[savagewoman]

Sounds like he had serious mental illness

IMO So I wonder if he confessed to his wife and/or he said he needed to be admitted before the LE came knocking.

Because if LE questioned him, I am assuming LE would not want him to leave the area or be admitted to a mental facility. I am not sure exactly what LE would do after he is arrested... again not sure how that all works. Anyone know the normal process so the accused get the help they need.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Amanda Vangrinsven: Missing Isanti County Woman Found Dead | Heavy.com

 

[kittycatclub]

My parents live a mile from where she was found. It’s incredibly shocking to see this happen in the sleepy town where I grew up. I happened to be in the area and drove by the house today. I won’t say any names since nothing is public yet but I feel bad for all involved.

 

[mlhenn]

Candlelight vigil held for woman found dead in Isanti County as questions linger in case

It was an emotional evening for many people in Isanti, as just days after the search for a missing woman ended in a tragic discovery, the community came together to honor Amanda Vangrinsven.

In life, Amanda Jo Vangrinsven was known as the person to bring everyone together, and even in death, she is doing the same thing outside the VFW in Isanti.

Last week, Vangrinsven left the VFW - where she worked - with a man to go to another bar in Bethel. After she didn't show up for work the next day, volunteers scoured the area for any clues about her disappearance until law enforcement found her body late Tuesday night on a farm property in Athens Township.

By remembering Amanda together, organizers hope her family and community can begin to heal.

 

[ms_x_to_the_m]

i wonder if he tried to commit suicide? There has been no word on the situation. Not that we are owed anything, just wonder if this is his first time, or if he has done this before.

 

[Tbone144]

i wonder if he tried to commit suicide? There has been no word on the situation. Not that we are owed anything, just wonder if this is his first time, or if he has done this before.

That was my thought too, he indicated self-harm so they locked him up.

 

[kittycatclub]

What a sad end to this story.

Isanti woman was shot in the head, buried on property of man she was last seen with

The family posted in the Find Amanda FB group that an arrest has been made:

The family has been informed that Richard Peterson has been arrested by Isanti County for the homicide of Amanda. While this has been a deliberate and slow process, we remain hopeful the efforts of law enforcement and the prosecuting attorneys will move forward with charges that support accountability for the intentional harm and death of our Amanda. We seek answers and the road to healing and justice can now begin.

We remain indebted to this community and all the people that have helped. We are grateful for the support and outreach.

 

[mlhenn]

Man Arrested In Connection With Killing Of Amanda Vangrinsven

The Isanti County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Tuesday in the death of Amanda Vangrinsven.

The 32-year-old’s death was officially ruled a homicide, after her body was found earlier this month 4 miles from where she disappeared.

The 37-year-old man deputies arrested is the same man authorities say she was last seen with, and who owns the property where she was found.

He is in jail, but has yet to be charged in her death.




Isanti woman found buried on property of man she was last seen with, arrest made

Amanda Jo Vangrinsven was found slightly buried on the farm property of the man she was last seen with at the bars the night she went missing, according to search warrants that were unsealed Tuesday. That man has now been arrested in connection with her death.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension executed a search warrant on the property of the man Vangrinsven was last seen with and located her body. She had allegedly been shot in the head, the search warrants said.

The man who owns the property where Vangrinsven’s body was found was reportedly been admitted into a mental health ward at a local hospital, according to the search warrant. He was arrested on Tuesday and booked into the Isanti County Jail on probable cause murder charges.

The investigation into Vangrinsven's death is ongoing. No formal charges have been filed in the case.

 

[GraceG]

He has been booked for 2nd degree murder and MSM is reporting his name. He's married and had some sort of work/leadership position at her place of employment. Bartender Seen Kissing Married Man in VFW Bar Before Body Found on Farm: Cops There is a link in the article to the search warrant.

 

[NervousNellie]

Thanks for finding that @GraceG . LE did a lot of interviews for this one. I love when it all comes together quickly. I guess it helps when the suspect is a complete idiot. I just don't understand why it ended up with Amanda being shot? In the head!?!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Richard Peterson, of Isanti, is charged with one count of second-degree murder, documents filed in Isanti County show. He made his first court appearance Thursday.

Investigators obtained several firearms from Peterson’s home, however these didn’t initially match the ballistics profile of the gun used to kill Vangrinsven. Later, however, a friend of Peterson’s grew suspicious of two guns he gave him on the day Vangrinsven was reported missing. These guns did fit the profile of the handgun used to kill Vangrinsven.
Richard Peterson, Man Last Seen With Amanda Vangrinsven, Charged With Murder

 

[mlhenn]

Richard Peterson, of Isanti, is charged with one count of second-degree murder, documents filed in Isanti County show. He made his first court appearance Thursday.

Investigators obtained several firearms from Peterson’s home, however these didn’t initially match the ballistics profile of the gun used to kill Vangrinsven. Later, however, a friend of Peterson’s grew suspicious of two guns he gave him on the day Vangrinsven was reported missing. These guns did fit the profile of the handgun used to kill Vangrinsven.
Richard Peterson, Man Last Seen With Amanda Vangrinsven, Charged With Murder

Glad to see he has been formally charged. Prayers for swift justice!

 

[mlhenn]

Richard Peterson, Man Last Seen With Amanda Vangrinsven, Charged With Murder

additional details around the case:
Richard Peterson, of Isanti, is charged with one count of second-degree murder, documents filed in Isanti County show. He made his first court appearance Thursday.

According to a criminal complaint, Vangrinsven, 32, was reported missing after the night of Aug. 5, when she was last seen out drinking with Peterson. The two were first seen that night at the Isanti VFW, where Vangrinsven worked and where Peterson was the vice commander. Then the two were seen at the Dugout Bar in nearby Bethel.

Cellphone data showed that after leaving the Dugout Bar, the two went to Peterson’s home in Athens Township.

Co-workers immediately became concerned after Amanda didn’t show for work, and one of them reported to investigators that they called Peterson several times. Peterson told co-worker he dropped her off near the bar.

The co-worker didn’t buy it, and told Peterson they were contacting police. Peterson responded with a string of “nonsensical emojis,” the complaint states.

He later went to the VFW late in the morning and appeared to be looking for something near the bar in portable restrooms and inside vehicles.

Investigators learned that Peterson was seen digging holes with heavy machinery the morning after he was with Vangrinsven. Later, his wife told investigators that he spent the morning digging all over the property.

According to a medical examiner’s report, Vangrinsven’s cause of death was a single gunshot to the back of the head.

Later, a friend of Peterson’s grew suspicious of two guns he gave him on the day Vangrinsven was reported missing. These guns did fit the profile of the handgun used to kill Vangrinsven.

 

[mlhenn]

Bartender Seen Kissing Married Man in VFW Bar Before Body Found on Farm: Cops

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On Aug. 5, Vangrinsven, 32, was seen drinking with Richard Melvin Peterson, 37, at the Isanti, Minnesota VFW hall where she tended bar, and where Peterson reportedly served in a “leadership position.”

Peterson and Vangrinsven wound up at The Dugout Bar and Grill, about 15 minutes away. Witnesses would later tell police that Vangrinsven seemed “noticeably intoxicated.”

Numerous employees offered to drive her back to her house. However, Peterson—who is married— allegedly insisted he would do it, which reportedly left others uneasy.

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But investigators soon became suspicious of Peterson, who gave police conflicting stories about the night in question. Three days later, a multiagency task force descended on a 20-acre property owned by Peterson, according to the warrant, which cites the VFW manager as saying Peterson as being susceptible to “mood swings when he drinks.”


Investigators conducted grid searches of the area around where Amanda was last seen. “Numerous areas of ground had been disturbed the day after Amanda's disappearance,” it explains, adding that Peterson told investigators to “check the pond.”

Peterson swiftly checked himself into a Veterans Affairs psychiatric facility in St. Cloud, roughly an hour’s drive away. In the meantime, a preliminary examination by the medical examiner’s office of Vangrinsven’s body revealed “a projectile, consistent with a bullet, lodged in the skull.” Police seized from Peterson’s home, among other things, multiple firearms, a John Deere backhoe, various electronics, a notebook used by Peterson, and “tarps and canvas which could be used to aid in covering or moving a human body.”

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Authorities have not revealed a possible motive.

Peterson remains in custody, according to jail records. He does not have a lawyer listed in court filings, and was unable to be reached for comment.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Isanti man charged with murder in Amanda Jo Vangrinsven's death