Odegaard Faces Murder Charges for Beating Death of Ex-Wife, Children Present at Crime Scene

WARREN, MN (trfnews.i234.me) Anders Odegaard of Warren, Minnesota has been charged with 2nd Degree Murder in the beating death of his ex-wife, Carissa Odegaard of Grand Forks.
a 31 year old anders odegaard of warren minnesota has now been charged with a second-degree murder in the alleged beating death of his ex-wife carissa odegaard on tuesday in his home at warren minnesota uh he remains in jail on this thursday afternoon on a bond of 250 000 cash with conditions according to the criminal complaint with the names of deputies and witnesses changed to generic terms here’s what happened quote on tuesday a deputy with the marshall county sheriff’s office responded to a residence in warren for a domestic with possible injuries upon arrival at the residence the deputy was met by the reporting party a man with along with two kids that were very worked up the man said he was flagged down in the street by the two boys the man said the two boys told him to call because their mom was bleeding really bad and needed help the deputy spoke to the older the two boys who said that his mother was inside the house laying on the floor bleeding really bad the boy said that he thinks she is dead the deputy asked the boy who was in the house and he said his dad was with his mom the deputy asked him what his dad’s name was and he said anders odergaard uh herein referred to as the defendant and his mom’s name was carissa odergaard the deputy had the two boys stay with a man and he announced himself and entered the residence at that time the deputy did not hear or see anyone so he called out to the defendant the defendant answered back and the deputy asked the defendant to come out and speak to him the defendant came out from the kitchen area and was standing in just his grave boxer style briefs the deputy noted that the defendant looked to be have blood smeared on his left elbow and blood in his hair the deputy asked the defendant what was going on and all the defendant would say was i don’t feel right the deputy asked the defendant where the injured party was and he didn’t answer the deputy took a quick glance down a hallway and noticed the unresponsive female lying in the west entry or front doorway the deputy advised the defendant that he was not under arrest but he was going to be detained in handcuffs for his safety and for the deputy safety while they attended to the victim upon approaching carissa the deputy noticed she was not breathing and she had severe head trauma and blood pooling on the floor by her head the deputy positioned carissa and advised dispatch that cpr was in progress and that he needed the ambulance crew inside as soon as possible the deputy continued this process until warren ambulance arrived on the scene and took over compressions a deputy then noticed other deputies on the scene a deputy walked the defendant outside and ask the defendant if he is willing to talk to him the only thing the defendant would say i don’t would say was i don’t feel right at that time the deputy placed the defendant under arrest for domestic assault and he was transported to the marshall county jail the deputy turned his attention back to the kids who were still with the reporting party the man out in front of the house the deputy advised the two boys that their mother was being transported to the hospital and the deputies were going to transport them to the sheriff’s office along with the other three siblings that were waiting in the victims running vehicle deputy transported the children to the sheriff’s office and went back into the house and picked up the extra equipment from the ambulance crew while inside the deputy noticed the house was messy with dirty dishes that had been sitting in stagnant water and dirty clothes the deputy was advised by sheriff jason bowman that the minnesota bca was contacted and would be on the scene to continue the investigation that charge of uh second-degree murder against anders odergaard carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison here’s a description of the complete charge of second-degree murder whoever does either of the following is guilty of murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years causes the death of a human being with intent to affect the death of that person or another but without premeditation i’m Neil Berg reporting for trfnews.i234.me you