STATE OF MINESOTA

COUNTY OF RJCE
State of Minnesota,
Plaintiff,
v.
Antonio Medina DOB: 05/10/7 4
Rice County Jail
118 NW Third Street
Faribault, M 55021
Defndant.
DISTRJCT COURT
THID JUICIAL DISTRCT
COURT FILE NO.:

PROSECUTOR FILE NO.: A-08-0308

Summons Warrant
Order of Detention
Amended
Tab charge Previously Filed
The Complainant, being duly swor, makes complaint to the above-named Court and states that there is
probable cause to believe that the Defndant committed the following offense(s):
Count 1
Murder - 2nd Degree - With Intent-Not Premeditated
In Violation Of: 609.19 Subd. 1(1)
Penalty: Not More Than 40 years
On or about November 6, 2005, in Rice County, Minnesota, the defendant, Antonio Medina, did cause
the death of a human being with intent to effect the death of that person or another, but without
premedi ta ti on.
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STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
The Complainant states that the fllowing fcts establish probable cause:
Your Complainant is Sergeant Dave Stensrud of the Rice County Sheriffs Department. In that capacity,
your complainant has reviewed police reports relating to the above-named Defndant and the allegations
contained herein. Based upon that infrmation, your complainant believes the fllowing to be true and
correct.
On Sunday, November 6, 2005, at approximately 4: 19 p.m., the Rice County Dispatch Center received a
911 call fom Clifon Kenneth Montanye, a rural Rice County resident. Mr. Montanye stated that he had
found a body of a nude female lying in the ditch on the north side of 90th Street West, just east of Rice
County Road 46. Rice County deputies and Northfield Ambulance paramedics responded to the scene.
Cororal Dan Silkey was the first to arrive and he verified that Mr. Montanye had in fact discovered the
unclothed body of a deceased fmale. The body was located in norther Rice County, Minnesota, near
the Northfeld exit of Interstate Highway 35W. Corporal Randy Jackson requested assistance fom the
Minesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Deputies secured the crime scene pending the arrival of
the BC. Mobile Laboratory and Crime Scene Team.
Clifton Montanye advised deputies that shortly before calling 911, he and his son-in-law, Jason Ver
McGregor, were in a backhoe traveling west along 90th Street when he noticed a light-colored object in
the ditch. At first Mr. Montanye thought the object was a mannequin. When he realized that it was in
fct a body, he immediately called 911. Mr. Montanye and Mr. McGregor did not touch or disturb the
body in any way. Mr. Montanye advised that he had driven down the same road on Saturday afteroon
with his backhoe and he had not seen the body at that time. Mr. Montanye believed that if the body had
been there on Saturday afteroon he would have seen it. Mr. Montanye also pointed out two sets of tire
prints on the south side of 90th Street, just off the traveled portion of the roadway. Mr. Montanye told
deputies that these tire prints had not been present in this area on Saturday afteroon.
While the investigation of the crime scene was under way, investigators interviewed Walter Pleschourt,
who lives just north of the intersection of 90th Street West and County Road 46. Mr. Pleschourt reported
that at approximately 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, 2005, he was awakened by headlights shining
into his bedroom window. Mr. Pleschourt's bedroom is on the south side of his residence, approximately
200 yards fom where the body was found. Mr. Pleschourt stated he owns a storage building on 90th
Street, southeast of where the body was discovered, and that he has had problems with thefts in the past.
Because of that, he looked out his bedroom window and observed headlights near the area where the
body was discovered. Mr. Pleschourt was unable to see what tye of vehicle it was, but noted that it had
a loud exhaust. Mr. Pleschourt advised that the vehicle left the area driving westbound on 90th Street,
then southbound on Rice County Road 46 toward Faribault.
Photographs were taken of the body and the area immediately surrounding the body. Following
examination of the immediate area around the body, the body was placed in a body bag and transported
to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Ofice. A teletype was sent out to area law enforcement with
a description of the deceased fmale, including descriptions of tattoos on the woman's back and
shoulder.
On November 7, 2005, Sergeant Bruce Falcons of the Minneapolis Homicide Unit contacted the BC.
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advising that based upon the physical description and location and description of the tattoos observed on
the unidentified female's body, he believed it may be that of Laura Lyn Demeules, date of birth
06/27/1972. Sergeant Falcons advised that the Minneapolis Police Department had had numerous
contacts with Laura DeMeules involving prostitution issues, and that based upon the location of those
contacts, he believed she may have been working the Lake Street Area. Based upon that infonnation, the
body was positively identifed as that of Laura Ly Demeules via fingerrints on November 7, 2005 by
BCA Forensic Fingerprint Latent Exainer Joshua Bergeron.
An autopsy was conducted on the body of Laura Demeules on November 7, 2005 by the Ramsey County
Medical Examiner, Dr. Michael McGee. The cause of death was ruled as homicide due to assault with
multiple traumatic injuries. At the time of the autopsy, numerous samples of body fluids, hair and
fingerail clippings, and debris found on Laura Demeules' body were collected and submitted to the
BCA for forensic analysis.
An extensive investigation was conducted at the crime scene and surrounding area. Family members and
acquaintances of Laura Demeules were interviewed and all leads were investigated to attempt to lear
the identity of the person responsible for her death. A reward was offered by the Rice County Sheriffs
Office, and numerous tips were investigated, all with negative results.
On January 11, 2008, Rice County Investigator Mark Hlady received a Minnesota BCA Lab Report
indicating that a previously unidentified DNA profile collected from Laura Demeules' body had been
matched during a routine comparison of the profile to the State's DNA database containing DNA
samples and profiles of convicted felons in Minnesota. The report stated that one of the items (#lOA-5)
submitted to the BCA fr forensic analysis in November, 2005, a left hand fingerail clipping from
Laura Demeules, was fund to contain "other biological specimen(s)" which yielded a specific DNA
profile. At the time of the initial testing, this DNA was unidentified. The DNA had now been matched to
a male identified as Antonio (NMN) Medina, date of birth 05/10/197 4, the defendant herein. Mr.
Medina's DNA sample had been submitted to the BCA Laboratory in December 2007 by Hennepin
County in relation to a flony DWI conviction in that jurisdiction.
On January 11, 2008, Antonio Medina was incarcerated in the Rice County Jail on an unrelated matter.
Investigator Mark Hlady deterined that at the time of Laura Demeules' death in November, 2005,
Antonio Medina was employed by Masterson Personnel, a temporary personnel agency in Hem1epin
County, working a day shift Monday through Friday for a company named Power Sentry in Plymouth,
Minnesota. On Monday , November 7, 2005, the day after Laura Demeules body was discovered in Rice
County, Mr. Medina did not report fr work at Power Sentry. Power Sentry personnel called Mr.
Medina around lunch time and he reported that he had gotten another job. Mr. Medina called back after
5:00 p.m. and reported he would be back at Power Sentry the next day. Masterson Perso1mel had no
record of any "other job" being offered to Antonio Medina.
On Februmy 4, 2008, Sergeant Dave Stensrud and Special Agent Mark Kempe of the BCA interviewed
the defendant. After being advised of his Miranda rights, the defendant stated he understood and agreed
to talk to the investigators. The interview was recorded. The defendant stated that in November of 2005
he was living in Minneapolis on 19th Street near Lake Street. While driving his 1990 Chevy pickup, the
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defndant picked up an unknown black male walking in Minneapolis, paid him fr drugs, and snorted
the drugs he received. The defendant stated he was drunk and high on drugs, either crack or cocaine. The
black male saw a white fmale walking, and had the defndant stop and pick her up. Eventually the
white fmale kicked the black male out of the pickup. The defendant said that for an unnown reason the
female started arguing with him and that she was "feaking out". The defndant said he pinned her down
and he killed her in the truck. The defndant said he was on top of her and his hands were choking her.
He was not sure that the fmale was Laura Demeules, although it looked like her. The defendant said the
fmale was short, and her hair looked like that of Laura Demeules in a photo shown to the defndant.
During their struggle, the female scratched the defendant's face, leaving scars. The defendant said that
after killing the female, he drove onto I-35, tured of the interstate and took the first dirt road he saw.
He pulled the fmale's body out of the truck and left her beside it. The defendant said he probably took
her clothes off, because he remembered that she was naked after she died, but did not clearly remember
removing her clothing. The defendant stated that he then went back to his apartment in Minneapolis.
The defndant told the investigators that no one was with him when he killed the female, no one was
with him when he dropped of the body, and he never talked with anyone about the incident or of killing
the female. The defndant stated no one else was involved in her death and no one else had any
knowledge of the murder.
The details of the murder provided by Mr. Medina in his statement to law enforcement matched the
findings of the medical examiner regarding the cause of death due to assault with multiple traumatic
lllJtmes.
Sergeant Stensrud requested and obtained a search warrant to obtain a specific evidentiary DNA sample
from Antonio Medina. The sample was submitted to the BCA Forensic Science Laboratory for
additional comparison against the biological samples obtained from Laura Demeules' body in November,
2005. In BCA Lab Report No. 17, Lab No. S05-12053, Forensic Scientist Alyssa Bance confirmed that
the predominant male DNA profile obtained from Item lOA-5, a fingerail clipping from Laura
Demeules left hand, matched the DNA profile obtained from Antonio Medina. The test concluded that
"this predominant male DNA profile would not be expected to occur more than once among unrelated
individuals in the world population. " Ms. Bance also reported that DNA profiles previously obtained
fom six additional fingerail clipping samples submitted during the Demeules homicide investigation
indicated that Antonio Medina cannot be excluded as a possible contributor to DNA mixtures found in
those samples. Estimates regarding the percentage of the general population that can be excluded from
being contributors to those DNA mixtures were as fllows: Item lOA-2, 99.91 %; Item lOA-4, 99.7%;
Item lOB-1, 99. 992%; Item lOB-2, 95%; Item lOB-3, 93%; Item lOB-4, 97%.
NOTICE: FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR A COURT APPEARNCE IS A CRIINAL OFFENSE.
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Complainant requests that Defendant, subject to bail or conditions ofrelease, be:
(1) arrested or that other lawful steps be taken to obtain Defndant's appearance in court; or
(2) detained, if already in custody, pending frther proceedings; and that said Defendant otherwise be dealt with
according to law.
COMPLAINANT'S NAME: COMPLAINANT'S SIGNATURE:
Sergeant Dave Stensrud
Subscribed and swor to before the undersigned ths J / day of 200 '
NAME/TITLE:
I
DANNY G. CARLSON
NOTARY PUBLIC- MINNESOTA
My Commission Epires Jan. 31, 2010
SIGNATURE:
Being authorized to prosecute the offenses charged, I approve this complaint.
Date:
L(-/ ( , 0 c
Name: G. Paul Beaumaster
Rice County Attorey
Rice County Attorey's Office
218 Third St. N.W.
Faribault, M 55021
(507) 332-6103
05-005917
PagER
FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE
From the above swor facts, and anysupporting afidavits or supplemental swor testimony, I, the Issuig Oficer, have determed that
probable cause exists to support, subject to bail or conditions ofrelease where applicable, Defendant's arrest or other lawfll steps to
be taken to obtain Defendant's appearance in court, or Defendant's detention, if already in custody, pending fiher proceedings.
Defendant is therefore charged with the above-stated ofense(s).
D SUMMONS
THEREFORE, YOU THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, ARE HERBY SUMMONED to appear on the day of

.e_at before the above-named court at to answer
this complaint.
D WARRANT
To the Sherriff of the aboved-named county; or other person authorized to execute this warrant: I hereby order, in the name of the
State of Minnesota, that the above-named Defndant be apprehended and arrested without delay and brought promptly before the
above-named court (if in session), and if not, befre a Judge or Judicial Ofcer of such court without unneccessary delay, and in any
event not later than 36 hours afer the arrest or as soon as such Judge or Judicial Oficer is available to be dealt with according to law.
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[ ORDER OF DETENTION
Since the above-named Defndant is already in custody, I hereby order, subject to bail or conditions of release, that the above-named
Defendant continue to be detained pending frther proceedings.
Bail:
Conditions of Release:
This plaint, duly subscribed and swor to, is issued by the undersigned Judicial Oficer this J day of

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JUDICIAL OFFICER:
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Swor testimony has been given before the Judicial Ofcer by the following witnesses:
COUNTY OF RICE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
b!!C O! MnnC5Ot
Plainti
vs.
Antonio Medina
Defendant
Clerk's Signature or File Stamp:
RETURN OF SERVICE
I hereby Certi and Return that I have served a copy of this
Order of Detention upon the Defendant(s) herein-named.
Signature of Authorized Service Agent:
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STATUTE AND OFFENSE GRID
Statute Ofense Ofense Controlling Control
Cnt Type Date Statute Number & Description Level MOC GOC Agencies Number(s)
1 Chrg/Penalty 11/06/05 609.19 Subd. 1 (1) SF H2053 N MN0660000 05-005917
Arresting
Murder - 2nd Degree - With
Intent-Not Premeditated
STATE OF MINNESOTA vs. Antonio Medina
Prosecutor File Number: A-08-0308
O1^OA^J1ALJ 5HJ
1. Address: Rice County Jail
118 NW Third Street
Faribault, MN 55021
2. DOB: 05/10/74
3. Other DOBs:
4. Race/thnicity: White Ethnicity: Hispanic
5. SID: MN01049469
6. WID:
7. Alias Information:
8. Fingerprinted: Yes
9. Handgun Permit: No
10. Location of Violation:
11. Drivers License #: B-962-082-117-317 (MN)
12. Accident Type:
13. License Plate #
14. Alcohol Concentration: