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‘There’s another truth out there’: Mystery still surrounds 17-year-old’s death in 1957
- Roger Vaillancourt, 17, died after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 169 near The Kitten Club in Minnesota on October 6, 1957.
- Sheriff Bruce Milton looked into rumors of a beating and stated the death was accidental, closing the case due to lack of evidence.
- Charles Kunkel disputed that Vaillancourt was killed by a car, leading to a 2005 exhumation and an autopsy that revealed signs of assault on Vaillancourt's body.
- Despite findings of skull injuries inconsistent with being struck by a vehicle, Mille Lacs County Attorney Janice Kolb stated there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone with his death.
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‘There’s another truth out there’: Mystery still surrounds 17-year-old’s death in 1957
FOLEY, Minn. — Roger Vaillancourt spent his last night alive dancing in an old barn called The Kitten Club in Long Siding, Minnesota. At 1:30 a.m. that night, Oct. 6, 1957, Norman Sebeck, of Foreston, Minnesota, ran 17-year-old Vaillancourt over on Highway 169, two miles north of the club. He reported the incident to police. Sebeck didn’t see him. The teenager was lying on the road. Rumors began circulating soon after the young, “fun-loving” tee…
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