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May 22, 2005 Sunday ST. PAUL EDITION
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LAKEVILLE
Apple Valley man killed in collision
A 41-year-old Apple Valley man died Friday night in a two-car accident in Lakeville.
Michael David Forbrook was airlifted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul after the crash, which took place at 10:21
p.m. at Cedar Avenue's south junction with Dakota County Road 50. Forbrook was declared dead on arrival at Regions.
Forbrook was a passenger in a Ford Thunderbird driven by Nicholas David Braun, 20, of Lakeville when the car
collided with another driven by 20-year-old Mya Rowland, also of Lakeville. Rowland suffered minor injuries.
Braun was in fair condition Saturday at Regions. A second passenger in Braun's car, Laterrance Gene Ball, 24, of
Minneapolis, had minor injuries.
In a statement Saturday, Lakeville police said alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor for Braun, but not
Rowland. The accident still is under investigation, and results of blood tests will be sent to the Dakota County attorney.
Lakeville police did not give details of the crash. A traffic light controls the intersection.
-- John Welbes
MINNEAPOLIS
Injured man's death prompts probe
A 31-year-old man found injured in Minneapolis' Phillips neighborhood Saturday later died, and Minneapolis
police are now investigating his death.

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A passer-by called authorities at 2:58 a.m. about a medical situation -- a person was in the street at Franklin and
Portland avenues, said officer Ron Reier, department spokesman. How the man was injured or the nature of the injuries
wasn't known Saturday, Reier said.
"But there was enough reason to believe that this wasn't a natural death, that homicide (detectives) wanted to
investigate," he said.
The man, whose name wasn't released, was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died.
-- Mara H. Gottfried
AURORA, MINN.
Man last seen with lake victim sought
Authorities said Saturday they are looking for a man last seen in the Twin Cities with a Minneapolis man who was
recently found dead in a St. Louis County lake.
The Minneapolis man's cause of death hasn't been determined, said St. Louis County Lt. Edward Kippley.
A man's body was found in Neff Lake outside Aurora on May 15. After releasing a description of tattoos on the
body, investigators identified the dead man as Gabriel Gonzalez, 24.
On Saturday, authorities said they are trying to find Tom Blackford to check on his well-being and to speak with
him. He was last seen in Minneapolis in the middle of April in a car with Gonzalez and another man.
"He was seen with the victim when he disappeared, and at this point, we don't know what happened to him
(Blackford)," Kippley said.
They also want to talk to anyone who saw Gonzalez during the middle of April.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at 218-749-6010 anytime or 218-749-7134 during
regular business hours.
-- Mara H. Gottfried
MINNEAPOLIS
Beating victim is identified
A man reportedly beaten to death in Minneapolis last week was identified Saturday as 43-year-old Robert Caper.
Caper was assaulted at Fifth and Franklin avenues at 3:14 p.m. Thursday and pronounced dead at Hennepin
County Medical Center at 3:47 p.m., according to the Hennepin County medical examiner.
The cause of death wasn't released, and police are still investigating.
Two men were arrested after the homicide and questioned, but no further information was available Saturday.
-- Mara H. Gottfried
NORTH BRANCH, MINN.
Deputy shoots, kills man waving gun

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A Chisago County sheriff's deputy shot a Stacy, Minn., man to death after the man pointed a gun and threatened to
shoot.
Police responded on Wednesday to reports of shots fired at a residence in Isanti County, according to the Chisago
County sheriff's office.
Authorities said 41-year-old Robert Allen Peterson was in a pole barn on the property. After about four hours of
negotiations, Peterson emerged from the building waving a handgun at officers and pointing the gun at his head.
Authorities ordered Peterson to put the weapon down and shot him after he aimed at a Chisago County deputy.
Peterson was pronounced dead at Fairview Lakes Wyoming Hospital.
The officer who fired at Peterson has been placed on paid administrative leave while authorities investigate the
shooting.
-- Associated Press
SHEBOYGAN, WIS.
Holstein born with two extra legs
A cow in the middle of giving birth is often referred to as having six legs -- its own four, and two from the baby on
the way.
So Ben Hesselink didn't think much when an assistant herdsman at his parents' farm told him Friday to "check the
calf with six legs."
What he saw was a surprise.
"Holy cow. It really has six legs," Hesselink said.
The six-legged Holstein bull calf was born Friday at Quonset Farms, a 700-cow dairy operation near Oostburg.
The delivery appeared normal until farmhands took a closer look and saw two extra limbs protruding from the
spine, almost like wings. Neither mother nor child appears to be in pain, Hesselink said.
"It's healthy. It's fine. It eats well. The mother is nursing it," he said.
Veterinarian Mike Demianiuk said the extra legs -- one of which is about 18 inches and the other about 12 -- are a
genetic abnormality that occurs in around one in 3,000 births.
"The legs are called vestigial legs," Demianiuk said, "a part of the body in an abnormal position."
He said although the calf may look fine today, it could develop problems urinating or have an irregularly attached
colon.
The family named him Dr. Octopus, of "Spider Man" fame.
-- Associated Press
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RED HAT LADIES TOUR CAPITOL
Debbie Manke, right, of Vadnais Heights and her daughter, Tracy Harmon of North St. Paul, visited the Woman's
Suffrage Memorial on the grounds of the state Capitol on Saturday. The two are members of the Roseville Divine Divas

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chapter of the Red Hat Society, a women's social group. Women older than 50 wear red hats while women between 25
to 50 wear pink hats. The group gets together monthly. On Saturday, 24 members of the group visited the Hill House,
the Ramsey House, the state Capitol, the Cathedral of St. Paul, and had lunch at Forepaughs.
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