A Minnesota man was arrested Monday in connection with the death of his wife, more than two weeks after the woman’s body was found on the side of the road, officials said.
Angela Marie McClelland, 49, appeared to have been fatally struck by a vehicle, the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said.
Her body was found shortly after 5 a.m. June 25 after someone saw what they thought was a body near an intersection off a highway in Fort Ripley Township, the sheriff’s office said.
On Monday her husband, Tony James McClelland, 47, was booked on charges of second-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
He has not yet been charged, NBC affiliate KARE of Minneapolis reported.
The couple lived together in a home in Fort Ripley, a tiny community of less than 100 people around 50 miles north of St. Cloud, according to the sheriff’s office.
It said more information would be released in the coming days.
Online jail records show a court appearance is pending but did not list a date.
A criminal case did not appear to be in online court records, and it was not clear whether McClelland had an attorney who could speak on his behalf Tuesday night. There was no answer at phone numbers listed for McClelland.
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