Investigators know who committed the Reker sister murders. The same man, acting with an accomplice, kidnapped a 14 year old girl around St. Cloud, almost exactly 2 years after Mary and Suzanne Reker were killed. The man stabbed the 14 year old girl and left her to die, but she lived. The same man was wanted for sexual assault on a woman in Benton County, in 1992.
Investigators know who committed the Reker sister murders. The same man, acting with an accomplice, kidnapped a 14 year old girl around St. Cloud, almost exactly 2 years after Mary and Suzanne Reker were killed. The man stabbed the 14 year old girl and left her to die, but she lived. The same man was wanted for sexual assault on a woman in Benton County, in 1992.
Ok, ELOC is making me work hard lol, could this be part of the story?
From The Daily Journal (Fergus Falls Minnesota)
Cant link as paid , from 1976
(also cant copy n paste so bear with me)
Title:
Psychiatric exam ordered
St Cloud, Minn
A judge has ordered a psychiatric examination for Herbert Notch, 18, rural road St Cloud, who is accused of kidnapping and attacking a 14 year old.
Stearns County District Judge Paul Hoffman directed Thursday that the examination be conducted at the State Security Hospital in St. Peter.
Notch and James Wagner, 17, Sauk Rapids, who was ordered to stand trial as an adult, are charged with attempted murder, rape, robbery and kidnapping.
A 14 year old St Cloud told authorities she was abducted Sept, 25 from a grocery store where she worked, driven to a rural area, and raped.
Will search more when able
These are among the parallels considered by investigators when they look at this other crime involving Mr. X and the murder of the Reker sisters:
Both Mary Reker and the victim of Mr. X were very close in age both were stabbed with similar small knives.
In each case the teenaged-girls sweater was sliced up the middle and left on the body. And in each case her bra was cut and removed. In each case her panties were cut and removed. And in each case her under garments were thrown in a lake.
In the case of the Reker girls their bodies were hidden. Mary was dumped in a lake. Her little sister, Susan, was dragged into tall grasses.
Mr. X and his accomplice carried their victim to a place where she was covered with branches and leaves.
If there was one significant difference in the cases it was that the victim of Mr. X survived.]
This article, from the Austin Daily Herald November 13, 1976, gives their full names; Herbert D. Notch and James A. Wagner.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm176/pleasestandby2/herbertdnotch_zps3nzywjf5.jpg
Herbert Daniel Notch, Jr, born 5 Oct 1958
Name Herbert A Notch
Also Known As Herbert D Notch
2nd Also Known As Name Herb D Notch
Previous addresses: Saint Augusta, MN, Minneapolis, MN, St. Cloud, MN.
Another criminal entry from 1987 (1989 Supreme Court appeal)...
http://mn.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19891013_0001.MN.htm/qx
Stearns County inmate 2007...
https://bailbondcity.com/minnesota/stearns-inmate-NOTCH/43137
Mugshot
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1991 Tri-County News article, Kimball, MN attempted 1st Degree Sexual assault Benton County, MN. Crime Stoppers
http://tco.stparchive.com/Archive/TCO/TCO08011991P01.php
His picture sent chills down my spine! I also can't find any court proceedings for them, knowing James middle initial should help as there are many Wagners in Minn. Is there any crime scene/DNA that could link them to the rekers?
http://www.behindthepinecurtain.com/wordpress/kare-11-investigates-reker-case/
Neither Herbert Daniel Notch (Mr. X) or his accomplice, James A. Wagner, are on the Minnesota sexual offender database. I could find no online record that they even served any prison time for the murder and rape of the victim who survived. The Minnesota prison database apparently does not include former inmates.
Notch worked at Zayre Shopper City, where the girls were last seen, which was located at 33rd Avenue and Division Street in the Plaza West Shopping Center. He also lived near the shopping center in the 200 block of 1st Ave North.
According to US Search and other informational databases, Notch, Jr. last lived or currently lives in Montevideo, MN. Online records show he also uses his father's middle initial; (A).
https://goo.gl/maps/sVmiNmRH4zx
He would not be in the sex offender base if he committed crimes before it was established?
when did he get out of prison?
Mary Reker is on Ancestry Year Books
Birth 1959
Worthington High School 1975
http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-b...=45920340&db=YearbooksIndex&indiv=1&ml_rpos=8
There is a Jim Wagner Ancestry Year Books
Birth 1959
Worthington High school 1975
If you have a paid Ancestry:
There are class photos
http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-b...=45918817&db=YearbooksIndex&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
Same age, same year, same high school...
That's the thing. There are no online archived news articles stating when they went to prison. Someone would have to go to a local library to read it on microfilm.
Criminal/Traffic/Petty Case Records Search Results |
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Record Count: | 7 |
Search By: Defendant Exact Name: on Party Search Mode: Name Last Name: notch First Name: herbert All All Sort By: Filed Date |
Case Number | Citation Number | Defendant Info | Filed/Location/Judicial Officer | Type/Status |
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73-KX-88-000495 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 02/26/1988 Stearns | Felony Converted Closed |
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27-CR-94-059778 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 08/12/1994 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown | Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed |
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73-K1-95-000629 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 02/17/1995 Stearns Hayden, Elizabeth A. | Gross Misdemeanor Converted Closed |
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12-KX-96-000341 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 09/09/1996 Chippewa Ward, Marquis L. | Gross Misd - DWI Converted Closed |
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12-T5-99-000889 | S 970294 S 970294 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 08/10/1999 Chippewa | 5th Degree Assault Converted Closed |
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12-T5-04-001816 | S 971524 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 09/28/2004 Chippewa Nelson, Paul A. | Non- Traffic Misdemeanor Converted Closed |
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73-CR-07-5129 | ST 433795 | NOTCH, HERBERT DANIEL 10/05/1958 | 05/31/2007 Stearns | Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed |
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Found Herbert Daniel Notch on courtcase finder (paid site)
Not for attempted murder though
Case number: 101120
Court Name: Stearns
Disposition: Sentenced
Disposition Date: 03/18/77
Offence Code: 1003
Offense Desc 1: Kidnap-minor to sexually asslt
Source name: MN Dept of Corrections
DOB: 10/05/1958
Atm cant find Wagner, wondering if there was some sort of plea/deal to testify against Notch?