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The Trail to Guevara
A map that depicts the locations of each investigated spots with presented evidence at each, including the site of where Guevara was arrested.
Search of landfill ends without a trace of Corrine Erstad
Following the disappearance of Corrine Erstad on June 1, 1992, police officers and volunteer firefighters contributed to a week long search for Corrine's body in the Pine Bend Landfill starting on June 2. Robert Guevara's storage locker in West St.…
Trial ends; pain remains "Acquittal's Aftermath"
Many people in Inver Grove Heights wondered why the verdict on Guevara's charges were released with all the forensic DNA evidence. However, the lack of the present body, no true crime scene, and no witnesses of the allegations. Also the suspicion…
Description of Chief Medicine Bottle
Description of Chief Medicine Bottle in relation to his death by Dr. Asa W. Daniels (a government physician at the Red Wood agency)
Guevara's acquittal has many asking why, what's next
Robert Guevara has since felt the need to leave the state of Minnesota for the safety of his own being due to his acquittal from the Corrine Erstad case and its effect on the community. A few years prior, Jacob Wetterling went missing and was found…
Corrine Erstad's family faces added grief
After Robert Guevara was acquitted on all accounts, the Erstad family began planning a funeral for their lost 5 year old, Corrine, but also unexpectedly lost their prematurely born daughter Maggie on March 3, a little less than a month after the…
Dakota County beat: Legacy of Guevara trial still resonates
Pheifer describes how the trial unfolded with all the DNA evidence but Guevara was still acquitted on all accounts. Jim Backstrom spoke out about the effects of the case and how it not only affected him but the community. Then, Torres explains the…
"House Approves 3 Inver Grove Bills"
A 1965 Star Tribune article detailed how the Minnesota House passed three controversial laws that paved the way for the creation of what is today Inver Grove Heights. A lack of Minnesota Municipal Code law required special legislation to create the…
Photograph of Inver Grove community building built by the Works Progress Administration
A circa-1939 photograph of the Inver Grove Township community building, constructed in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building stood on the southeast corner of the intersection of Barnes Trail and Minnesota Highway 55 until its…
Architect's Drawing, "Details of Pine Bend Historic Marker"
Original architectural plans (not fully completed) for the Pine Bend Historical Monument to be located between Inver Grove and Hastings on Trunk Highway No. 52 & 53 [in 2022, U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota Highway 55], designed in November 1939 by…