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Morrison County prosecutors have charged a Hutchinson man with second degree murder in the early Monday shooting death of a Little Falls man. 36-year-old Jason Dominguez is accused of shooting 30-year-old Dustin Brown seven times after a fight about money.

A 25-year-old Clear Lake area man has pleaded guilty in Sherburne County to smothering his girlfriend's 16-month-old son. Dennis Angell entered the plea to felony murder in the November death of the toddler at a home in Santiago Township.

Todd County authorities say the preliminary autopsy indicates a 51-year-old Osakis woman died of blunt-force trauma after discovering a burglary in her home.

Jurors have convicted a northern Minnesota woman of first- and second-degree murder for the 2009 shooting death of her partner. The jury deliberated less than three hours before convicting 26-year-old Betsy Marie Hanks on Tuesday. She was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of release.

A couple will face prison for the murder of a 28 year-old Red Lake man.

A 17 year old has been found guilty of murder.

The fate of a North Dakota man accused of killing his former girlfriend will be decided in court in September.