Medical Examiner Rules NDSU Student's Death a Homicide
MOORHEAD - A coroner in Minnesota has ruled as a homicide the death of the North Dakota State University student whose body was found this week.
The Ramsey County medical examiner's office on Thursday determined that 18-year-old Thomas Bearson, of Sartell, Minnesota, died as the ''result of homicidal violence.''
Bearson's remains were found Tuesday outside a recreational vehicle store in south Moorhead.
He was last seen at a party Saturday in Fargo.
Police in Moorhead are asking for the public's help to locate Bearson's cellphone and a shoe.
Police described the missing items as a white Nike Air Jordan left tennis shoe size 9{ and a silver iPhone 5.
People with information are asked to call the Red River Regional Dispatch Center at 701-451-7660.