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fourboys
08-24-2004, 09:39 PM
Norman W. Olson

Classification:Endangered Missing Adult
Date of Birth: May 6, 1931
Date Missing: August 14, 2004
From City/State: Hettinger, ND
Missing From (Country): USA
Age at Time of Disapperance: 73
Gender: Male
Race: White
Height: 69 inches
Weight: 160 pounds
Hair Color: White
Hair (Other): With some gray.
Eye Color: Blue
Complexion: Light
Identifying Characteristics: Part of thumb was cut off, toe was shot off in war but has since been re-attached.
Jewelry: Watch, wedding band.


Yvonne M. Olson

Classification:Endangered Missing Adult
Date of Birth: February 26, 1935
Date Missing: August 14, 2004
From City/State: Hettinger, ND
Missing From (Country): USA
Age at Time of Disapperance: 69
Gender: Female
Race: White
Height: 64 inches
Weight: 150 pounds
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Complexion: Light
Jewelry: Gold wedding ring, possibly wearing stud earrings or watch.

Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Neighbors noticed Yvonne and her husband, Norman, missing after their garden was not being tended. Food was found spoiling on the counter of their residence and a chair was found wedged under the front door handle. Yvonne's purse was left behind and her glasses were found on the garage floor. There were no signs of forced entry into their residence. A hand gun is possibly missing from their residence. Their vehicle, also missing, is described as a tan 1999 Ford Taurus with ND Lic# EUY-288.

Investigative Agency: Adams County Sheriff's Office
Phone: (701) 567-2530

A press release that is constantly updated by the family can be found at:
http://members.cox.net/bkennedy/NormanAndYvonneOlson/ (http://members.cox.net/bkennedy/NormanAndYvonneOlson/)
englishleigh
08-24-2004, 09:56 PM
Wow--this is terrible. Keeping them in my prayers!!
fourboys
11-04-2004, 07:06 PM
Car of missing Hettinger couple found

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/11/04/news/update/upd03.txt
amandab
11-09-2004, 08:04 AM
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/3902147/detail.html

So sad......
WasBlind
11-09-2004, 06:19 PM
In Forum link (http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=74583§ion=News)

KXMC link (http://www.kxmc.com/news/local.asp?ID=3728)

Prayers for the family, and those still searching.
With love, Lanie
Trino
11-09-2004, 06:47 PM
Are we to presume the husband had something to do with the wife's death? It seems odd that nothing was taken from the home.
WasBlind
11-09-2004, 06:55 PM
More info here (http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/10138837.htm)

Prayers for the family.
Trino
11-09-2004, 10:29 PM
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/10138837.htm

"Authorities also are not sure whether a crime was involved."

What kind of a statement is this? The woman was found shot to death.
Goodwin
09-13-2006, 10:43 PM
http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/1204/192055.html
PinkyPoo
09-13-2006, 11:01 PM
http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/1204/192055.html
I guess I am confused here....the artical is dated Saturday December 04, 2004.
gardenmom
09-13-2006, 11:26 PM
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2005/02/25/news/state/state02.txt

Sorry, I can't copy this for some reason. It was determined murder suicide. I think their interpretation of how the husband did it is far fetched. Please read for yourself. I cannot believe that this 73 year old man could climb a tree and go into the attic and kill himself. My dad is that age, and in better health than this guy, and I can't see him doing it. Also, I read in another article that he was found half sticking out of a barrel. How do you shoot yourself and fall into a barrel? Doesn't make sense to me. I so sorry for their loss.
Bobbisangel
09-14-2006, 02:25 AM
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2005/02/25/news/state/state02.txt

Sorry, I can't copy this for some reason. It was determined murder suicide. I think their interpretation of how the husband did it is far fetched. Please read for yourself. I cannot believe that this 73 year old man could climb a tree and go into the attic and kill himself. My dad is that age, and in better health than this guy, and I can't see him doing it. Also, I read in another article that he was found half sticking out of a barrel. How do you shoot yourself and fall into a barrel? Doesn't make sense to me. I so sorry for their loss.



This was an older couple. If the husband decided to end his life because of his health problems why shoot his wife and THEN drive the car back a mile and hide it in some building with the doors closed and THEN WALK all the way back to where his wife was and THEN do all of that climbing just to get up there to shoot himself. That just doesn't make any sense. Why wouldn't he have parked the car...shot his wife and then shot himself?

Sounds to me like it was someone that they knew because the house hadn't been broken into. Then that someone went to all of that trouble so that they wouldn't be found right away. But why would someone go to all of that trouble to take the husband way up there just to shoot him? Something is off here.

Why would they have propped a kitchen chair under the door knob? If they left to commit murder/suicide who would care if anyone could get into the house? I don't know but if I was one of their kids I would have a problem with this story unless LE explained it better then we are reading it.
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