David Delong / Wright County Sheriff's Office
COKATO, Minn. (KFGO) – Wright County authorities are investigating a workplace death in Cokato. Investigators say a woman was killed by a co-worker with a sledgehammer at a food and dairy processing facility.
The woman was found at her workstation at Advanced Process Technologies. Deputies responded to a 911 call saying the woman had significant head trauma and blood loss. Emergency responders tried to save the woman, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A co-worker, identified as 40-year-old David Delong of nearby Watkins, was arrested and later confessed to the killing. He told investigators that he didn’t like the woman and had planned on killing her for some time.
Charging documents say Delong was seen on surveillance video walking to the victim’s workstation, grabbing a sledgehammer and swinging it multiple times at the woman.
Delong faces one felony count of 2nd degree murder.
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