Published April 16, 2012, 12:10 AM
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. — The first murder trial here in more than 80 years will feature a defendant with a machine-gun tattoo on his head and reported ties to a white supremacist gang, a victim whose severed head was found in the alleged killer’s basement and the oldest working courthouse in North Dakota.
Cooperstown Murder Trial Begins Today
First murder tried in Griggs County since 1929COOPERSTOWN, N.D. — The first murder trial here in more than 80 years will feature a defendant with a machine-gun tattoo on his head and reported ties to a white supremacist gang, a victim whose severed head was found in the alleged killer’s basement and the oldest working courthouse in North Dakota.
By: Mike Nowatzki, Forum Communications
