Death In The Garage

"Red Wing, MN - A couple recently forced to close their care facility for vulnerable adults was found dead at their home in Red Wing Monday. Police were summoned there when a concerned party called them shortly after 4pm.

"52 year old Kenneth Knutson and 54 year old Evyelin Vetter were found in a vehicle parked in a closed garage. It wasn't running, but the ignition was turned on so the car may have run out of fuel. Authorities are waiting on autopsy results for a cause of death.

"Knutson was recently forced to shut down Maple Lodge, a vulnerable adult care facility he opened in Cannon Falls in 2006. A resident claimed Knutson had emotionally abused him, and a Goodhue County administrator says an investigation substansiated the complaint. Knutson said he would challenge the findings, but he apparently was unable to keep the facility going after Goodhue County pulled it's contract with Maple lodge."

From KARE11.com...