US EditionWarrant issued for Hermantown man minutes before couple found dead
- On Friday morning in Hermantown, Minnesota, Bradley Duane Nelson and his wife Lissette Joy Nelson were discovered deceased from gunshot injuries inside their residence on Midway Road, after authorities responded to a domestic violence incident.
- The deaths followed escalating incidents including Bradley Nelson confronting and harassing Lissette over money on Thursday morning, prompting her to call police due to safety fears.
- Bradley Nelson, 63, had a history of mental illness with multiple hospitalizations and civil commitments since November 2023, including stopping prescribed medications and showing paranoid ideation about family stealing money.
- Hours before the deaths, Natalie Listemaa, a social worker in St. Louis County, alerted authorities that Nelson’s untreated mental illness posed a danger to himself and others, while a judge authorized a warrant for his arrest around 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
- The case highlights risks linked to untreated severe mental illness in domestic violence contexts and raises questions about support and interventions to prevent such tragedies.
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HERMANTOWN, Minn. — A judge had issued a warrant to apprehend a man about 30 minutes before he was found dead with his wife in an apparent domestic violence shooting Friday. Bradley Duane Nelson, 63, was under a civil commitment for mental illness and had been off his medications and acting aggressively toward family members, according to court records. His wife, Lissette Joy Nelson, 62, had been staying away from their Hermantown home out of fe…
Warrant issued for man minutes before he and wife found dead in Hermantown_ Minnesota
HERMANTOWN — A judge had issued a warrant to apprehend a Minnesota man about 30 minutes before he was found dead with his wife in an apparent domestic violence shooting Friday. Bradley Duane Nelson, 63, was under a civil commitment for mental illness and had been off his medications and acting aggressively toward family members, according to court records. ADVERTISEMENT His wife, Lissette Joy Nelson, 62, had been staying away from their Hermanto…
Warrant issued for man minutes before he and wife found dead in Hermantown, Minnesota
HERMANTOWN — A judge had issued a warrant to apprehend a Minnesota man about 30 minutes before he was found dead with his wife in an apparent domestic violence shooting Friday. Bradley Duane Nelson, 63, was under a civil commitment for mental illness and had been off his medications and acting aggressively toward family members, according to court records. His wife, Lissette Joy Nelson, 62, had been staying away from their Hermantown home out of…
Warrant issued for Hermantown man minutes before couple found dead
HERMANTOWN — A judge had issued a warrant to apprehend a man about 30 minutes before he was found dead with his wife in an apparent domestic violence shooting Friday. Bradley Duane Nelson, 63, was under a civil commitment for mental illness and had been off his medications and acting aggressively toward family members, according to court records. His wife, Lissette Joy Nelson, 62, had been staying away from their Hermantown home out of fear for …
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