Bail is set at one-million dollars for a Rochester, Minnesota man charged with the murder of a northwest Wisconsin woman.
48-year-old Randall Merrick appeared in Buffalo County court Wednesday for the first-degree homicide of Beth Johnson of Nelson and hiding her corpse.
Johnson’s remains were found last week in Blaine, Minnesota. She and Merrick were living in a trailer home near Nelson until she disappeared in late 2016.
Investigators believe Merrick killed Johnson between Christmas Day and March 2017.
A cadaver dog identified burned human remains near their mobile home in April 2018.
Merrick’s preliminary hearing is July 10th.
