Monday, December 15, 2008

Mystery Still a Mystery, But it was a body.....Via, Star Tribune

Body in Minneapolis garage investigated as suspicious death



http://www.startribune.com/local/36205119.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr



Minneapolis police are investigating the death of a woman found in a garage on the city's North Side.

Officers responded to call about the home on the 2200 block of 4th Street N. around 4 p.m. Monday. The owner, who does not live there, had gone to the house to check the property when he found the body in an unattached garage, said Minneapolis police spokesman Sgt. Jesse Garcia. The home, a few blocks from bustling West Broadway, is in an area with other vacant houses.

On Monday night, police tape blocked off the home and the entrance to the alley behind.

The woman's age and name have not been released. Garcia would not say whether there were any obvious signs of trauma on the woman's body, but said the death is being investigated as suspicious.

The Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the woman's cause of death.

LORA PABST<<>

^She wrote this

Now Talk about SCARY. This is 5 houses down from where I live, I drive past that same garage 2x's a day, in that same alley. It just goes to show you that you DoNOT know what is inside these vacant houses and garages. I am glad that landlord checked on his property, but when was the last time he was there? What is inside these other vacant houses? Garages? We will see what the continued news coverage says about this body.


1 comment:

1915bung said...

I agree with Lora. The City and State needs to make absentee landlords (and All landowners) more responsible for their financial investments.

Who wouldn't want to own 3-4 homes that they could pick up for a song, never do any maintenance on, not have to deal with any community issues, and collect a monthly rent subsidy check doled out by the State.

Communities have turned into cash farms for real estate developers who simply stop making payments on the property when they become unprofitable and let the County have what is left of the home.

It is time for the County and State attorney to start administering the nuisance laws meant to keep this problem in check.

If you own a house - Take care of it and make sure that the tenants are good neighbors!