Jourdan
and Kelly Charged With Murder of Travis Feather
Michael Tabman,
Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis FBI office, today announced
the arrest of Todd Jourdain, age 28, of Red Lake, Minnesota and Robin
Greg Kelly II, age 19, of Red Lake, Minnesota. FBI agents arrested Jourdain
this morning at approximately 11:00 am, at the Glenmore Recovery Center,
in Crookston, Minnesota. Kelly turned himself into the Red Lake Tribal
Police Department on Monday afternoon, August 28, 2006.
A federal criminal
complaint filed today, August 29, 2006, in United States District Court,
District of Minnesota, Bemidji, Minnesota, charges Jourdain and Kelly
with the murder of Travis Feather. The complaint alleges that on August
26, 2006, Kelly, Jourdain and Feather had been drinking together at
Jourdain's house in the Little Rock section of the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
In the early morning hours of August 27, 2006, the three began to fight
outside the residence. The complaint further alleges that the fight
turned into Kelly and Jourdain against Feather, in which both Kelly
and Jourdain beat Feather by punching and kicking him. Feather was bleeding
from the mouth and appeared unconscious. Jourdain and Kelly then went
back into the residence and fell asleep. They woke up the next morning
and found Feather dead. They obtained shovels from another house, then
dragged Feather into the brush and buried him.
Jourdain and Kelly
made their Initial Appearance at 4:00 pm today in United States District
Court, Bemidji, Minnesota and were ordered detained pending further
court proceedings.
This case is a
result of an investigation conducted by the FBI and Red Lake Tribal
Police Department, with assistance from the Polk County Sheriff's Office,
Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, Hubbard County Sheriff's Office and
the Crookston Police Department.
The United States Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota is prosecuting
this case.
The charges in a federal criminal complaint are merely an accusation
and defendants are presumed innocent until they are proven guilty.
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