Cromwell double homicide was top story in 2011
20.05.12
Local headlines in 2011 ran the gamut from the sensational to the sublime, with Carlton County making regional and even statewide news throughout the year. The top story of the year was undeniably the double homicide of a Cromwell couple in their rural home – a story that remains ongoing as the accused perpetrators face trial this spring.
Here is a review of some of the many Carlton County stories making the news over the past year.
January:
Carlton County emergency dispatchers received a report of a man found dead in a residence on Krogh Road in Red Clover Township, about two miles northeast of Cromwell. When sheriff’s deputies arrived, they found an adult man and woman dead inside the home, later identified as Tom Holm and Kim Schmitz. Investigators discovered that a pickup truck belonging to Holm had been missing from his residence at the time deputies responded to the deaths. The pickup truck was recovered by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 8 at approximately 10:25 p.m., when it was reported on fire in the roadway near the 7700 block of Albert Road in the Saginaw area. The Carlton County Sheriff’s Department offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the double homicide.
Source: Pine Journal