Police: Body found inside garbage bin at north Minneapolis house
MINNEAPOLIS — A typical open house became anything but for realtor Josh Fredrickson.
"It was really super scary," he said. "What I saw is probably too graphic for TV."
Fredrickson was showing a home in north Minneapolis when he noticed an unknown vehicle in the detached garage.
He called police who told him it wasn't stolen, and he should get it towed. That was the plan.
But when he came back Sunday, the vehicle was gone, and trash and a garbage bin were left behind.
"I was like: 'ok, snapped a picture, sent it to the owner and said "hey we got to clean some stuff up" and went about doing my open house,'" Fredrickson said.
After a bustling open house, Fredrickson and the homeowner looked inside the garbage bin.
"I pulled it back and immediately knew I saw a part of somebody's body," Fredrickson recalled.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office identified the victim as 51-year-old Reid Johnson, from Burnsville. Someone shot him several times.
"That's somebody's son, somebody's baby, somebody's brother," Fredrickson said holding back tears. "I don't know, it's unbelievable."
Fredrickson says making this gruesome discovery has triggered past trauma. Two years ago, a family member was murdered.
"I'm just praying and trying to do things to distract myself," he said.
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He's doing this all while trying to see the home for his client. Fredrickson did not want to go into detail about the home specifically, but wanted to be clear that this murder did not happen on the property. He believes the home was chosen because it was on sale and presumed empty.
"Somebody drove by and saw a real estate sign and randomly picked it," he added.
No arrests have been made.
