Louisiana ex-fugitive pleads guilty in MN murder (Lexington Herald-Leader) A Louisiana man who led authorities on a two-week search last summer has pleaded guilty in the strangulation death of a Minnesota woman. Jeremy Brooks, 27, accepted the plea deal Thursday in Wright County District Court. Brooks is expected to get a life sentence without parole for the death of 58-year-old Ruth Ouverson August 3, 2007, near Montrose. Before serving his Minnesota ... |