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Standard man gets 53 years in stabbing death of 16-year-old

HENNEPIN – The man accused of stabbing a 16-year-old Spring Valley girl to death in January pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in Putnam County Court and was sentenced to 53 years in prison. → Read More

Putnam County man facing three murder charges in teen's death

HENNEPIN – The man authorities say killed a Bureau County teen and dumped her body along a country road has been charged with three counts of murder. Putnam County State’s Attorney Christina Judd-Mennie filed the charges against Richard Henderson of Standard on Thursday. He pleaded not guilty on all counts. Henderson, 26, is charged with killing Diamond Bradley, 16, of Spring Valley, and leaving… → Read More

Standard man gets 60 years in sister-in-law's murder

HENNEPIN — Two years to the day after her disappearance, a 68-year-old Standard man, still professing his innocence, was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in prison for bashing in his sister-in-law’s head and burying her body in a yard. “And you will serve every day and every hour of it, as long as you are alive,” Putnam County Circuit Court Judge Stephen A. Kouri told Clifford A. “Skip” Andersen… → Read More

Standard man guilty of sister-in-law's death

HENNEPIN — A 68-year-old Standard man is guilty of bludgeoning his 62-year-old sister-in-law to death and burying her in a yard near his home, a Putnam County jury ruled late this afternoon. Clifford A. Andersen Jr., who bashed in 62-year-old Deborah Dewey's head, will be sentenced Aug. 23 – the 2-year anniversary of her disappearance – for first-degree murder and concealment of her homicide. He… → Read More

Andersen admits to affair with murder victim

Taped phone conversations provide more links to murdered sister-in-law → Read More

Andersen admits to affair with victim

Taped phone conversations provide more links to murdered sister-in-law → Read More

Judge tells attorney: 'You're flirting with a mistrial' in murder case

Prosecution loses motion to allow social worker's testimony in Andersen trial → Read More

Prosecutor: Debt drove man to murder his sister-in-law

HENNEPIN — Gambling debts and "onerous" payday loans lead a Standard man to murder his sister-in-law, fracture her skull, and bury her in a shallow grave, a prosecutor told the jury Wednesday in opening arguments in Putnam County Court. → Read More

Defense argues for speedy trial in concealment of homicide case

HENNEPIN — Entering the courtroom under heavy security Thursday afternoon, Richard A. Henderson, the Standard man investigators believe stabbed and killed a 16-year-old Spring Valley girl, whistled as he waited for his status hearing to begin. He was there with his lawyer, public defender Roger Bolin, who said his client has spent enough time waiting for a trial to begin. The state has 120 days… → Read More