MN - Rodney Pendegayosh Jr., 25, severed foot found inside tote, Isle, 23 March 2023 *Arrest*

[imstilla.grandma]

The discovery of human remains in a tote on the shore of Mille Lacs Lake has led to murder charges against a man and his girlfriend.

Bradley Weyaus, 21, faces one count each of second-degree murder and fleeing a police officer, and two counts of interference with a dead body or scene of death. Weyaus could spend 40 years in prison if convicted.

Alexis Elling, 21, faces felony charges of aiding an offender and accomplice after the fact. If convicted, she could spend 20 years in prison.

The tote was discovered by a public works crew clearing the area, bound with bungee cords and industrial tape. When it was too heavy to move, the container was opened.

Inside, the crew found various human remains, including a severed foot.

The medical examiner’s office identified the victim as 25-year-old Rodney Pendegayosh Jr., of Isle, whose family reported him missing the day before his body was found.

https://lakesarearadio.net/2023/03/25/323936/

 

[evilwise]

I thought that was awfully fast for an arrest, read the article and the perp ran from cops who were only responding to the call about the foot. If he'd have just pulled over they would have went right past him.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A Minnesota couple stands accused of killing a man who they thought dealt the female suspect’s brother a fatal mixture of fentanyl and meth, then concealed his remains in a tote bag found by a maintenance crew cleaning garbage along a snowy highway in Minnesota.

Burton laid out the timeline after public works employees discovered the missing Pendegayosh’s remains in a bag while cleaning trash off a road on March 20.

The workers first tried to move the bag onto the road to load it up and cart it off, but it wouldn’t budge.

“It’s too heavy,” the sheriff said. “So they hook a chain onto one of the handles of it, hook it up to one of their trucks. They try to drag it out that way. It breaks the handle, so they’re not able to move it that way.”

Curious about what was inside, they cut into the black duct tape and bungee cords and took a peek inside.

“They see what they believe to be a severed human foot,” the sheriff said.

They closed the tote and called the police.

Discovery of severed human foot in tote bag leads to couple's arrest for retribution murder

A couple is accused of killing and dismembering a man they thought dealt the woman's brother a fatal mix of fentanyl and meth and dumped them in a ditch.

lawandcrime.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A Rochester woman pleaded guilty in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Rodney Pendegayosh Jr. along Mille Lacs Lake in 2023.

Twenty-two-year-old Alexis Marion Elling pleaded guilty to aiding an offender in a deal that calls for a stayed sentence of 60 months in prison, testimony against her codefendant and up to five years of supervised probation

Rochester woman pleads guilty in connection with murder, dismemberment of man in Mille Lacs County

Elling pleaded guilty to aiding an offender in a deal that calls for a stayed sentence of 60 months in prison, testimony against her codefendant and up to five years of supervised probation.

kstp.com

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Man sentenced to more than 25 years in Mille Lacs County murder where body was found in tote

Officials say public works employees found a body in a storage tote on Twilight Road near Mille Lacs Lake.

www.kare11.com

July 24, 2025

The 23-year-old Isle, Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to murder after a man's body was found in a tote near Mille Lacs Lake in 2023 was sentenced Thursday to more than 25 years in prison.

Bradley Allen Weyaus was sentenced to 306 months in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Rodney Pendegayosh Jr. According to court documents, Weyaus will receive credit for 857 days served.

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