Man gets 66 years for killing Mahnomen couple
A man has been sentenced to 66 years in prison for the shooting deaths of a rural northwest Minnesota couple.
Timothy Thorson, 53, is charged with second-degree murder in the killings last week of Francis Lundon, 72, and his wife, Ethyl, 71, of rural Mahnomen in September.
According to a criminal complaint, Thorson, a recovering drug addict, had been given information that drug dealers were living in the home. He allegedly intended to rob the dealers.
WDAY-TV in Fargo, N.D. reported that Thorson confessed to the murders.
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During the hearing Wednesday, he turned to the family and apologized and told them he'd let the family carry out the death sentence if the state had it.
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Information from: WDAY-TV
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