Overview
- Court documents filed Monday show David Bruce Delong, 40, was indicted on premeditated first-degree murder and also charged with intentional second-degree murder, with a life sentence possible if convicted on the top count.
- Investigators report surveillance video shows Delong leaving his work area, taking a sledgehammer, swinging once horizontally, then making four downward swings.
- A complaint says Delong told investigators he planned to kill 20-year-old Amber Czech and told a witness he struck her with a hammer.
- Deputies found Czech at her Advanced Process Technologies workstation in Cokato on Nov. 11 with fatal head injuries and a bloody sledgehammer nearby.
- The next court date is Jan. 15, and supporters have raised more than $125,000 on GoFundMe as a memorial fund is also available at SouthPoint Bank.