Ronald St Germain was 50 when he was found dead in Duluth, Minnesota, in the autumn of 1990. His body was discovered on October 5 in the living room of an apartment belonging to John Loons, who was also found dead at the scene, prompting a homicide investigation.

Within hours two suspects were arrested: Michael Shane Lefthand and Charles Bluebird. Lefthand was charged with the first-degree murders of both St Germain and Loons. His defense raised questions about his competency and sought a psychiatric evaluation; a court-appointed psychiatrist later found him competent to stand trial. The defense also challenged the admissibility of a taped statement Lefthand gave without his court-appointed attorney present, but the prosecution was allowed to use that statement at trial.

Michael Shane Lefthand was convicted of first-degree murder in both deaths and received life sentences, a conviction later upheld. Did anyone in Duluth at the time know Ronald St Germain, his routines, or have information about the apartment where he was found?