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1927 murder leads to naming of 'Dead Man's Corner'
Esala later confessed after police found Sundberg’s billfold and bloodied trousers, and he received a life sentence at Stillwater prison.
- On August 6, 1927, 29-year-old Arthur Sundberg was found dead in his car near a gravel pit east of Holmes City, Minnesota, sitting upright with one hand on the steering wheel.
- Eddie Esala, a 19-year-old friend, killed Sundberg for $11 after spotting cash in the farmhand's billfold while Sundberg slept in the vehicle.
- Investigators found a gold watch with Esala's name scratched inside and bloody trousers in a culvert. Mortician Obert Peterson reported 11 knife wounds on Sundberg's neck and head.
- Sheriff Emil Lundeen arrested Esala shortly after the discovery. Esala pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received a life sentence at Stillwater prison.
- For decades, the location was known as Dead Man's Corner. Brittany Johnson, executive director of the Douglas County Historical Society, said the name "specifically relating to the murder" distinguished it from other dangerous road sites.
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1927 murder leads to naming of 'Dead Man's Corner'
Arthur Sundberg was killed by Eddie Esala near Alexandria, Minnesota, for only $11.
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