Son arrested after father found dead with "traumatic injuries" inside Minnetonka home

Son arrested after father found dead inside Minnetonka home

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Police say a man was found dead with "traumatic injuries" inside a Minnetonka home early Wednesday, and his son is now in custody.

According to the Minnetonka Police Department, a 911 call brought officers to the 5000 block of Holiday Road around 1 a.m.

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Responding officers found a 72-year-old man dead. Police arrested his son, a 39-year-old man, later in the morning.

The victim was identified as Frederick Joseph Schech. His cause of death was determined to be multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

The death is being investigated.

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