Overview
- Law enforcement says a Viking statue was taken from a headstone at Garrison Cemetery on Lake Mille Lacs last week.
- The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office publicized the theft on social media and asked anyone with information to call its tip line at 218-829-4749.
- The statue had sat on a family grave cared for more than 40 years and officials say it carries decades of memories for Douglas Liane and his wife, Catherine McLennan.
- Authorities describe the loss as especially painful because McLennan has dementia and is nearing the end of her life; investigators have not reported any arrests or the statue’s recovery.
- Garrison Cemetery is about 100 miles north of Minneapolis and local media coverage amplified the sheriff’s appeal to the community to help return the memorial piece.