Onamia men charged in death of Minn. teen

Published 3:54 pm Tuesday, July 27, 2010

MILACA — Prosecutors have charged two Onamia men in the death of a missing teenager whose body was found last week.

A search party found the body of 19-year-old William Nickaboine partly burned in a wooded area of Onamia last Friday.

Nickaboine was a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe who had disappeared on July 17.

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On Saturday authorities arrested two men in the case. Twenty-year-old Joshua Simon Boyd was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder while 20-year-old Aaron James Beaulieu was charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

The Duluth News Tribune reports bail for each man was set at $800,000 without conditions or $500,000 with conditions. Their next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 2.