MUS-2026-0323
Archive card
MUS-2026-0323
Homicide
- Incident
- 2001
- Indexed
- Oct 18, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Cass County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Pine River MN
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Rachel Anthony, 50, a liquor-store clerk, vanished while closing Ultimate Liquors in Pine River on February 27, 2001. Around 1 a.m., police found her Ford Escort still running outside, the front door locked, the back door open, and her coat, purse, and keys inside, with no sign of struggle and nothing taken. Her strangled body was found six weeks later in a ditch near Breezy Point. No suspects were ever identified.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- Feb 27, 2001
Anthony, 50, works alone closing Ultimate Liquors in Pine River and starts her Ford Escort to warm it up.
- Feb 28, 2001
Around 1 a.m., Pine River police find the car still running, front door locked, back door open; her coat, purse, and keys are inside. No sign of struggle and nothing taken.
- Apr 13, 2001
Horseback riders find her body in a ditch off Nelson Road, Breezy Point; cause given as asphyxia due to homicidal violence.
- Feb 2021
Twentieth-anniversary coverage: no suspects ever identified; the sheriff says he hopes new technology might produce a break.
- 2026
The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
50, liquor-store clerk. Vanished while closing Ultimate Liquors in Pine River on February 27, 2001.
Daughters. Have kept the case in public view at anniversaries.
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Investigating agency
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