Overview
- Fargo police asked residents in Moorhead and Minnesota’s Otter Tail County, including Fergus Falls, Elizabeth, Underwood and Battle Lake, to search their properties for the container.
- Investigators say the tote may relate to the disposal of Wengel’s remains and could be buried under snow or left in low-lying areas.
- Court documents state DNA was found on plastic sheeting, a bathroom mat, bloody gauze and a blade seized from Joshua Hite’s residence.
- Hite, 21, has been charged with murder in Wengel’s suspected killing and dismemberment, and his next Cass County court hearing is set for March 11.
- Community volunteers gathered Feb. 15 at Fargo’s Dike East Park to search the Red River banks in an effort separate from the police investigation.