Case Details:

Russell was found November 2, 2002 in a shelter belt 12 miles northwest of Devils Lakes a town about 90 miles west of Grand Forks. His death was ruled a homicide.

Russell went missing July 12, 2002. He was last seen at a gas station in the vicinity of the 4300 block of Gateway Drive near Highway 2 in Grand Forks, ND. He was on his way home from a hippie gathering in Michigan and was planning on returning to see his family but never arrived and never picked up the money at Western Union that they left for him.

A rancher found the body of Russell Turcotte along U.S. Highway 2 in North Dakota on Wednesday - He found Russell's nearly nude body lying among the trees at about 10 a.m.

The Ramsey County coroner said Turcotte's body may have been at the spot since late July or early August. The sheriff declined to comment on how Russell died but said the case is being investigated as a homicide. The body was two feet into the shelter belt and partially decomposed.

If you have any information, please contact:

Ramsey County Sheriff's Department: 1-701-662-0700 or
Grand Forks Police Department (701) 787-8000 or
North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (701) 828-5500

There is a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Russell's killer(s)