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Family challenges self-defense in 2009 shooting death, citing inconsistencies
Jeremy LaFromboise says case files and autopsy findings contradict the self-defense ruling in his brother’s death, which prosecutors declined to charge after a 2009 review.
- Jeremy LaFromboise has reopened his private inquiry into the 2009 shooting death of his older brother, Joel LaFromboise, citing inconsistencies in the Moorhead Police Department case file after 17 years.
- On June 20, 2009, 17-year-old Joel LaFromboise was killed by Vernon Allen in a Moorhead apartment; Clay County Attorney Brian Melton announced on Dec. 22, 2009, that prosecutors would not file charges after determining Allen acted in self-defense.
- Jeremy LaFromboise discovered that the coroner's report stated Joel was not shot at "point-blank" range, contrary to Allen's claims, while toxicology reports reveal Allen tested positive for zolpidem, or Ambien, that night.
- "For 15 years, I accepted that silence. Then I opened the case file, and the silence turned into rage," Jeremy LaFromboise wrote, describing his pursuit to preserve evidence while fighting a system he believes protects itself.
- The tragedy devastated his mother, Cynthia Homesky, who struggled to raise four children alone, as Jeremy LaFromboise continues seeking an outside review driven by memories of the brother who protected him at Moorhead High School.
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Family challenges self-defense in 2009 shooting death, citing inconsistencies
Part 2: In the second of two stories, Joel LaFromboise's death prompts questions from his family about the moments leading up to the shooting and the investigation that followed.
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