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Forum archives The appeal and acquittalĪccording to Swanson, the second trial was even more complicated than the first, with 154 witnesses taking the stand. Attorney Andrew Danielson, FBI agents Robert Smashie and Pete Neumann, and Assistant U.S. Read more about the Willow River murders here. The murders, which happened at Larson’s property in Willow River, Minn, were said to have been the result of Larson’s jealous rage over his wife leaving him for his best friend. Larson was found not guilty in the death of Ruth’s son, Scott Powell, for reasons of temporary insanity. Larson found out about the indictment while in his cell at the state prison in Stillwater, Minn., where he was serving a life sentence for the 1976 murders of his estranged wife Ruth Larson, their son, Mark, his wife’s lover, James Falch Sr., and his son James Falch Jr.
Book cover courtesy of MNHS / Special to The VaultĪccording to the book “Stolen from the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piper” by William Swanson, Callahan, who was a cabinet maker, was picked up at his cabin in Cumberland, Wis.
It's available at the Minnesota Historical Society and Amazon.
"Stolen from the Garden" is a book about the kidnapping of Virginia Piper written by Minnesota journalist William Swanson.
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