Homicide investigated

Written by TRF Times        A Thief River Falls woman was found dead Sunday in rural Pennington County. Tanya Marie Kazmierczak, 40, had been missing since Saturday morning. The preliminary autopsy report lists the manner of death as homicide.
    Jedidiah Dean Troxel, 31, Crookston, was arrested without incident early Monday evening in connection with the case. He is currently being held at the Pennington County Jail. Charges were expected to be filed Tuesday afternoon in Pennington County District Court. A press conference was scheduled at that time.
    Kazmierczak was positively identified on Monday. In an interview Monday afternoon, Sheriff Ray Kuznia declined to indicate how Kazmierczak had been killed. Her obituary is elsewhere in this newspaper. According to the obituary, she was married and had three children.
    A citizen found Kazmierczak's body near the Red Lake River in Smiley Township. Law enforcement, the Thief River Falls Fire Department and citizens began searching for her on Saturday and Sunday. Law enforcement officials searched several homes in the Greendale Trailer Court where she lived.
    According to posters seen online and around Thief River Falls, Kazmierczak was last seen at about 6 a.m. Saturday in Greendale Trailer Court in Thief River Falls.
    The sheriff's office, Thief River Falls Police Department and BCA investigated the case. Assisting with the investigation were the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Crookston Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
    Anyone with any information about Kazmierczak's disappearance and death is urged to contact the Pennington County Sheriff's Office at 681-6161.
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