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MN Erickson Charges



Jackson, MN (KICD)--The 1997 murder of Gregory Sky Erickson will be back in the news again for a while.

Jackson County, Minnesota authorities have filed second degree murder, kidnapping, first and second degree assault charges against 40 year old Juan Humberto Castillo-Alvarez. He was the last person arrested in connection with the shooting death of Erickson was kidnapped in Spencer.

Erickson was killed in a rural Jackson, County Minnesota farmhouse.

Nine other co-defendants in the case have been tried and convicted in state or federal court.

Authorities say Castillo-Alvarez fled to Mexico and managed to avoid arrest until 2006. He was extradited to Iowa where he was convicted in 2007 of second degree murder, second degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony. The Iowa court of Appeals overturned the convictions saying there was a violation of Iowa's speedy trial rules.

Officials say since the crime happened in both states, Minnesota has jurisdiction to prosecute Castillo-Alvarez under Minnesota law.

Extradition proceedings to move Castillo-Alvarez from an Iowa correctional facility in Newton to Minnesota will start soon.


Story Copyright KICD/KLLT 2010

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