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http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/article_cf8b54c0-4b2c-11e4-a4ea-ab96bd43774e.html
Miguel Angel Vasquez is accused of murdering Amber Elena Lechuga, 22, of Springfield and dismembering her body before attempting to burn the remains. Lechuga's identity was only recently confirmed with a DNA test conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Vasquez and Lechuga lived together in an apartment at 20 1/2 Central Street in Springfield with their two young children. Police searched the apartment on Sept. 26. The status and location of the children is unknown at this point.
The Brown County Sheriff's Office said the criminal complaint, which will be filed Friday, will show Lechuga was killed in their apartment by a gunshot wound to the head with a small caliber firearm. Her body was found in the front passenger floor of the van without its limbs and her head was found nearby in the Cottonwood River.
http://www.kare11.com/story/news/cr...nd-burning-in-van-minn-man-arrested/16664625/
Seidl says the suspect called 911 on Sept. 25 to report an auto accident and assault along Highway 4 south of Sleepy Eye. When police arrived they found the man partially clothed and smelling of gasoline, and the minivan engulfed in flames. The man told police he had been struck in the head and doused with gasoline. He suffered minor burns.