Murder Mystery

Date: Tuesday January 6, 2009
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  • I've searched the net as much as I can and can not find much information on the death surrounding Julie Ann Holmquist of Minnesota. I would like to find out the events surrounding her death, evidence, how she died etc I've tried my best to find some relevant info but it's hard going. I know the basic facts but I want more detailed information concerning suspects and in particular police evidence surrounding the case.


  • When did this take place? In what town/county did it take place? Most importantly - has the case gone to trial and has anyone been convicted of the crime?


  • Don't know whether you still follow Google Answers, king_vera, but on the chance you do... I periodically relook at the Holmquist case, as it's haunted me since I first researched it for you. Other work has kept me busy since the beginning of the year, so this was the first time I've done another intensive search. You may be already aware of this January 2003 article from The Thief River Falls Times: http://www.trftimes.com/archive/times011503/investigators_say_curtiss_.htm ...which states in its lead, "Investigators are confident that Curtiss Cedergren killed 16-year-old Julie Holmquist of Hallock in July 1998. But Cedergren will never answer to those charges and officials will never be able to answer all of the questions that still surround the killing. On Aug. 9, 2002, while a deputy waited on the front step of Cedergren's residence in Lancaster, 38-year-old Curtiss D. Cedergren ran out of the back door and shot himself." While, personally I think the circumstantial evidence against Cedergren is short of the "closure" that officials claimed, it is compelling evidence that Cedergren was the murderer of Julie Holmquist. As I said, not complete closure for me, and perhaps not for you, but perhaps the best we can hope for. regards, rico


  • difficult topic with little info available but all in all has shed a little more light on the matter for me...


  • I'm not sure how much this extends beyond the "basic facts" you already know, king_vera-ga, but here's what I found... On July 29, 1998, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Julie Holmquist, 16, left to go in-line skating from her home in Hallock, Minnesota. She was last seen alive skating alone on a road between Hallock and the adjoining town of Orleans, Minnesota. Holmquist was last seen at 9 p.m. by a passing driver, who spotted her along a rural highway four miles from town. The route was said to be a popular stretch for local skaters. She reportedly went out on the skates as part of her training regimen for the upcoming volleyball season. On August 20, 1998 (a Thursday), the victim's body was found in a shallow gravel pit pond in Lancaster, Minnesota, approximately ten miles from where she was last seen. A hunter scouting an area found her body in a shallow pond in a rural area near Lancaster. Her skates were still on, and investigators said the appearance of her clothes indicated she might have been sexually assaulted, reported the Associated Press wire service. Sources: http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/seekinfo/holmquist.htm http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-980824-083702.html http://www.littlestangels.net/Stories147.html Because the gravel pit was known as a popular local party spot, authorities believed that the perpetrator could be a local person or someone with local knowledge. According to a "Channel 4000" news report dated August 24, 1998, an unidentified 45-year-old man, who lived in a Minneapolis apartment and had another home near Hallock, had his properties searched by authorities. The man said, "he feels like he is being set up by FBI agents," reported The Associated Press. The man was also apparently given a lie detector test by the F.B.I. and noted that he had left Lancaster shortly after Holmquist went missing. The same article notes that Kittson County Sheriff Ray Hunt reiterated to AP that investigators continue to interview many people and are not close to making an arrest. Source: http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-980824-083702.html Her funeral took place on August 31, 1998. authorities still had not released the cause of death at that date. Her funeral was postponed so the Ramsey County medical examiner could finish work on the autopsy, reported The Associated Press. Sources: http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-980826-071356.html http://www.thelutheran.org/9810/page37b.html http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-980831-122825.html In July 1999, Kittson County Sheriff Ray Hunt reportedly made some comments that a kidnapping suspect and murder suspect, Donald Blom, was also a suspect in the Holmquist case. However, Hunt, later "backed off" those comments and noted, "that a state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent told him 'unequivocally' that Blom has been discounted as a suspect in the unsolved Holmquist case." Blom was later convicted of the Poirier murder. Sources: http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-990720-115057.html http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-20000817-180925.html A reported "drifter from Colorado" who was also named as a suspect in the Poirer case and abduction asnd murder of a Lousiana woman was also investigated for possible connections to the Holmquist case. "When authorities searched his van and motel room, they found maps of several states, including Minnesota." Source: http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-19991202-031632.html On September 1, 1998, the Kittson county sheriff said an autopsy confirmed Julie Holmquist was a homicide victim. Sheriff Ray Hunt declined to release any further details about the crime. As far as I can determine no other details concerning the autopsy or evidence have been publically released. Source: http://news.mpr.org/programs/morninged/listings/me19980831.shtml There is still an active "up to $100,000" reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the murder of Julie Ann Holmquis by "Spotlight on Crime" a fund that provides cash rewards for information that helps solve violent crimes. Spotlight on Crime is a collaboration between members of the Minnesota Business Partnership and public safety officials. Source: http://www.spotlightoncrime.org/case_holmquist_julie.html There have been no arrests made. Although containing no further information that I've related here, you might be interested in the following inactive site I discovered using the Internet Archives... http://web.archive.org/web/20011121184603/www.corajones.org/julie/ rico Source:







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