GUILTY MN - Scott Burris, 33, Fergus Falls, 21 May 2012

Authorities seek help in finding missing 33-year-old Fergus Falls man

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Authorities have still been unable to locate Scott Burris, the local man who was last seen in Fergus Falls on May 21.

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Search crews have now brought in cadaver dogs to help look for a missing Otter Tail man. 33 year old Scott Burris disappeared two weeks ago.

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Elizabeth, MN (WDAY TV) - An update tonight on the search for a missing Elizabeth, Minnesota man.

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Sheriff says they have no indication that Scott Burris’s disappearance is connected to the disappearance of another man in his 30’s, Eric Haider.

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Otter Tail County (WDAY TV) -- Otter tail county authorities say the man pulled from the Orwell Lake, is that of a missing person in the county.

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Michael Alan Burris pleaded not guilty Thursday in the murder of his nephew. He’s also claiming self defense and intoxication were factors, according to a notice of defense filed Thursday...

Also at issue Thursday was a motion from defense attorneys Tracy Mitchell and John Schmid to suppress evidence obtained as the result of two search warrants executed in July 2012 at Michael Alan Burris’ house...

He remains in the Otter Tail County Jail on $1 million bail, set previously.

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Two years after the death of Scott Burris, witnesses begin testifying in the trial of his uncle, Michael Alan Burris, including the man who found the body.

Bryce Albertson who was one of the witnesses in the trial said, "I was being kind of a prankster and pushed one of my friends into a down tree and that down tree happened to be the one that was containing the body."

Medical Examiners confirmed it was Scott Burris, killed with a shotgun wound to the back of his ear.

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A former Fergus Falls man accused of killing his nephew over a drug debt has decided to enter a guilty plea, bring his trial to an abrupt halt.

Michael Alan Burris pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree unintentional murder. The 66-year-old Burris testified he and his nephew, Scott Burris, had an argument the day he was killed in May of 2012. Burris says that Scott picked up his uncle's gun and pointed it at him. Burris says when Scott put the gun down, he picked it up and fatally shot his nephew.

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The plea agreement calls for 150 months in prison (12 and a half years). Burris will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

Sentencing was set for December 19.

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Michael Alan Burris has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for shooting and killing his nephew in May 2012...

The 66-year-old will serve a little more than eight before being eligible for supervised release.

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