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It was as if they were ‘plucked from the earth’
Investigators found only Brian Rusness’ remains and no trace of his parents, leaving the Becker County farm fire unsolved for 50 years.
- On April 3, 1976, a fire at a Wolf Lake farm killed eight-year-old Brian Rusness while his parents, Bernard 'Rus' Rusness and Peggy McKay, vanished the same night.
- Investigator Tallman reported he "uncovered the remains of two small dogs and a small body, which belonged to Brian," but found no trace of the parents' remains.
- Although the couple held about $1,000 in a bank account, Peggy McKay had been involved in fixing vehicle bids, earning an extra $300, or about $1,755 today.
- On her 18th birthday, Valerie Soberg's father was declared legally dead, though Soberg noted, "We still don't know if he's dead or alive."
- The Wolf Lake mystery remains one of the area's most intriguing unsolved cases after 50 years, as Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander continues pursuing answers.
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It was as if they were ‘plucked from the earth’
WOLF LAKE, Minn. — Rumors, like the timber wolves that once prowled Wolf Lake, howled across Becker County after Bernard “Rus” Rusness and his common law wife, Peggy McKay, disappeared on April 3, 1976. The couple vanished the same night as their eight-year-old son’s skeletal remains were found in the ashes of their farm home, wrapped in what appeared to be the remnants of a tablecloth or bedspread. “A youngster’s burned and half-cremated body w…
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