According to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office, the medical examiner has ruled his death a suicide. The Sheriff’s Office received a call to Veltkamp’s home at 7:32 a.m.
Veltkamp had been found guilty of hog tying a woman living at his residence, driving her to Laketown Township, approximately 12 miles away from their residence, and throwing her out of the vehicle.
According to the Carver County Attorney’s Office, the victim suffered from alcoholism for a number of years. In response to her alcoholic binges, on several prior occasions, Veltkamp “bounced” the victim by transporting her to a location away from the Chanhassen home where she had to find her own way home.
On July 25, 2010, again in response to an alcohol binge by the victim, the defendant wrapped the half-naked, barefoot victim with a rope into a “bundle” so he could carry her down the stairs, according to the Attorney’s Office. He then shoved her in the back of his Chevy Blazer, held her head down so she could not see where she was going, drove approximately 12 miles west and deposited her at a rural tree farm. The intoxicated victim struggled through the thickets to the nearest house where homeowners provided assistance and notified the Sheriff’s Office.
Veltkamp was scheduled for sentencing in front of Judge Richard Perkins today, Dec. 16.
According to the Carver County Attorney’s Office, the kidnapping charge would carry a presumptive sentence of between 41 months and 57 months in prison.
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