Central Minn. farm fatality victim identified

The victim of a fatal farm accident in Stearns County has been identified.

The sheriff's department says 18-year-old Craig Roger Weichmann of rural Freeport was found dead inside a silo in Millwood Township Saturday afternoon.

His body was taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy.

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