
Woman Found Dead After Rural Becker County Fire
Authorities said a male resident flagged down a passing motorist on State Highway 34, reported the home was on fire and that a woman was possibly still inside.
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Authorities said a male resident flagged down a passing motorist on State Highway 34, reported the home was on fire and that a woman was possibly still inside.

According to the Becker County Sheriff’s Office, the call came in at about 2:38 a.m. on December 20 to a residence on the 700 block of West Ash Avenue.

According to a criminal complaint, Calvin Dean Basswood has been charged with first-degree assault after deputies found a man badly injured at a rural property west of Detroit Lakes on the morning of Oct. 4.

According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began around 5:30 p.m. when the Becker County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a domestic assault.

Deputies responded to the intersection of County Highway 56 and County Road 117, finding a woman unresponsive in a nearby swamp. She was later airlifted to a hospital in Fargo and the suspect remained on scene, later admitting to deputies that he had been drinking.

A Becker County man is facing felony charges after a woman was left unconscious and on a ventilator following a Memorial Day motorcycle crash that investigators say involved alcohol.