Dirk VanSlooten murder 1988

Unsolved Homicide
Name: Dirk Van Slooten
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Race: White
Date of Incident: 2/18/1988
Incident Location: Crystal, MN
Originating Agency: Crystal Police Department

Details: On February 8, 1988 Dirk Van Slooten was found shot to death in the yard of his home in Crystal. The suspect/s fired numerous gunshots at the victim and then fled the scene, leaving Dirk in the snow.
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Michael Charles Beatty was the main suspect, but was never arrested or charged for the murder.
Beatty was federally charged with mail fraud, plead guilty and was sentenced to 41 months.

I did find this: Just very briefly, Your Honor. I would like to speak on behalf of the victims in this case. Obviously I don’t represent them, but I am their only voice in court. Mr. Short has on behalf of Mr. Beatty made a number of comments about the fact that [Beatty] used his loved ones’ monies for his venture–as if that were proof of good faith. I believe it is more proof of the fact that he also took advantage of his loved ones. They obviously do not feel that way.

But many of the people who were taken advantage of by Mr. Beatty were his friends, former friends, and these are people who, for example, include a family who had saved money for college, and their son was unable to go to college because of Mr. Beatty, there are people who had received a [sic] inheritance, a woman who had worked a whole lifetime barely making a salary, finally receiving an inheritance, and it was all taken by Mr. Beatty and Mr. Van Slooten, there are other people who lost all their retirement funds.

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