Arrest made in Iron Range homicide

Published 10:25 am Monday, May 23, 2016

MOUNTAIN IRON — Authorities in northeastern Minnesota have made an arrest in the death of a 20-year-old man.

The 19-year-old male suspect is being held in the St. Louis County Jail in Hibbing on a tentative charge of second-degree murder.

The body of Jaysen Greenwood was found in the Mott Pit area of Mountain Iron last Thursday. WDIO-TV reports sheriff’s investigators say it’s believed Greenwood died less than 24 hours before his body was discovered by someone walking in the area.

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The cause of death has not been released.