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Resident asks Moorhead council to acknowledge conflicts, seek external review in 2009 death investigation
Summary
A Moorhead resident urged the city council to acknowledge alleged conflicts of interest tied to a 2009 death investigation and to support an external review, saying local relationships make impartial local oversight impossible.
Jeremy Laframboise told the Moorhead City Council he believes the city cannot objectively investigate his brother Joel’s 2009 death because people connected to the original investigation remain in local leadership and have personal relationships with current officials. Laframboise asked the council to acknowledge conflicts, have the councilman in question recuse himself from related matters and publicly support an independent external review if local review is not possible.
The request came during the public-comment portion of the meeting and focused on connections Laframboise identified among a former detective…
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