Sep 12, 2007 7:23 am US/Central
Salesman Arrested In Cook Woman's Death
Eveleth, Minn. (AP) ―
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The suspect is being held at the St. Louis County Jail in Duluth on probable cause.
CBS
Prosecutors planned to file second-degree murder charges Wednesday against a 28-year-old salesman from Two Harbors in the killing of a Cook woman who was stabbed to death at the sign company where she worked.
Eveleth Police Chief Brian Lillis said at a news conference Tuesday that the suspect continued selling children's books and cutting boards in the Gilbert and Eveleth area even after Megan Ashley Anderson, 20, was killed around midday Aug. 29.
The suspect was arrested without incident Monday night in Two Harbors and was being held in the St. Louis County jail, Lillis said.
Anderson was found dead on the floor of Durkee Signs & Graphics in Eveleth, where she had worked since July. She had been stabbed more than 20 times.
Lillis said the suspect was working with a partner that day as a salesman for Allstar Advertising of Duluth. He said the second salesman had been cooperative, and there was no evidence linking him or any others to the crime.
The two salesmen were separated at times as they canvassed the city for sales, said Paul Gherardi, a special agent with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The motive had not clearly been defined, the police chief said, but added that the suspect had no connection to Eveleth or the victim.
Lillis said it was premature to know if first-degree murder charges would be pursued.
Also Tuesday, authorities asked for the public's help in locating items considered important to the investigation. Those items include a pink Motorola Razr cell phone, a man's full-length necktie and a folding knife.
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