Hastings, MN (KROC-AAM News) – A jury in Dakota County today returned a guilty verdict against a Red Wing man charged with murder.
35-year-old Kyle Williams was accused of murdering a Hastings woman three years ago. Court records state that 36-year-old Kelly Kocurek was found strangled to death in a Hastings hotel room.
The criminal complaint in the case says Williams called 911 on May 18, 2021 from the hotel. When emergency responders and law enforcement arrived, they found Kocurek unresponsive on the floor next to several cut cords.
The court document says Williams told Hastings police that he heard the woman screaming hysterically and then discovered that she had somehow strangled herself…