Fugitive convicted murderer who skipped end of trial found dead in Minnesota after manhunt

A Minnesota man who has been connected nan tally since being convicted of execution and skipping retired connected his proceedings earlier this period has been recovered dormant pursuing a manhunt, officials said Saturday.

Ralph Apmann, 58, was recovered dormant Friday nighttime successful Minneapolis’ Boom Island Park, nan Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said. 

Apmann’s assemblage was taken to nan Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office to find his origin and mode of death.

Apmann had posted $150,000 bail aft he was charged pinch putting 40-year-old Juan Morales-Rivera, of Worthington, successful a fatal chokehold successful August 2021 astatine nan Phat Pheasant Pub successful Windom.

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Ralph Apmann, 58, was believed to person gone to nan Twin Cities metro area equipped pinch an AR-15 and 9mm handgun aft he was convicted of second-degree execution during a proceedings that he skipped retired connected earlier this month. (Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension )

The 58-year-old had stopped showing up astatine his execution trial, which began earlier this period successful Cottonwood County, and a assemblage convicted him successful absentia of second-degree unintentional murder connected Feb. 14.

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Authorities began looking for Apmann aft he failed to look successful court, informing that he was equipped and vulnerable pinch what was believed to beryllium an AR-15 firearm and 9mm handgun.

Apmann was recovered dormant Friday nighttime successful Minneapolis' Boom Island Park, authorities said. (FOX News)

Investigators believed astatine nan clip that Apmann was apt heading to nan Twin Cities.

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No further specifications were instantly released.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.