Testimony places Downwind accomplices together

BEMIDJI—Testimony during the third day of Brandon Rossbach's trial placed Rossbach with a second man—who has already admitted to helping burn and bury a body—on the night of the murder.

Rossbach, 32, is charged with aiding an offender in connection with the death of 31-year-old Rose Downwind, of Redby, who was reported missing by her family in October 2015 and found dead in December.

Rossbach was arrested Dec. 9 after Downwind's ex-boyfriend Marchello Cimmarusti told police he had killed Downwind and that Rossbach and Christopher Davis had helped him transport her body to a location northwest of Bemidji before burning and burying it. Cimmarusti pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and Davis pleaded guilty to aiding an offender, while Rossbach has maintained his innocence since police first questioned him Nov. 4, 2015.

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