Dispute over cat led to killing in Monticello mobile home, charges say

A 48-year-old man is in custody after a Monticello man was found dead in a mobile home community last week, the Wright County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies were called to a home off State Highway 25 Northeast around 7:30 a.m. Thursday and found a 57-year-old Monticello man unresponsive. He was

Investigators determined the man had recently been in a fight with the 48-year-old, the sheriff's office said.

Charges filed in Wright County say the victim, identified as Daniel Ferdelman, lived in the home with his girlfriend and his girlfriend's brother. Ferdelman had called his girlfriend earlier because he had gotten into a fight with her brother over an issue with their cat.

The woman told police that if her brother had killed her boyfriend, he was likely headed to his father's house in Remer, Minnesota, to kill him. Charges say she told police that his Toyota Tundra had been parked at the home but was now gone.

Police found the Toyota Tundra about two hours later and took the man into custody. He is charged with two counts of second-degree murder.

Monticello is about 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis.