911 transcripts released
by Vivian Clark
Messenger Staff Writer
A transcript of the 911 calls made by the Kanabec County couple that was killed in their home near Ann Lake in Mora on Sunday, Feb. 8 has been released.
Larry Steenerson, 61, died at the scene and his wife, Lois Steenerson, 66 died shortly after she was taken to a nearby hospital.
The couple apparently called 911 reporting someone was in their house trying to rob them and reported shots had been fired.
The 911 dispatcher lost contact with the couple a few times and repeatedly called back to continue a conversation while law enforcement was in route.
Dispatch 1: "Larry, what's going on in that house?"
Larry: "They're trying to kill us here, Craig (ohh!) Craig Hohenwald (Ohh! Ohh!)."
After that, the transcript reports the dispatcher heard breaking glass and struggling and the repeated cries of "Ohh! Ohh!" apparently from Larry Steenerson.
Lois Steenerson apparently picked up the phone and told the dispatcher, "They stabbed us."
Lois had apparently been stabbed in the neck and believed she was dying.
Charges were filed on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in Kanabec County District Court against two people in connection with the stabbing deaths of a Mora couple.
Craig Hohenwald, 27, of Brook Park, Minn., was charged in Kanabec County with two counts of second-degree murder with intent and two counts of second-degree murder without intent in the stabbing death of Larry Steenerson and his wife, Lois.
Jennifer Seiberlich, 28, of Mora has been charged with aiding Hohenwald after the killings.
Multiple agencies including Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Pine county sheriff's offices, Mora police, the Minnesota State Patrol responded to the 911 calls shortly after the calls began at around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8.
A Mora police officer was the first to arrive, according to the formal complaint from the Kanabec County District Court.
The complaint states the officer saw a man wearing a dark colored coat running from the front door of the house toward a parked car in the driveway.
The male got into the passenger side and the car immediately backed up and began to travel in the direction of the officers squad car, according to the complaint.
The officer stopped the car. He saw a female in the driver's seat and a male in the passenger seat. The complaint states the male began to exit the car. The officer drew his hand gun and ordered the male to raise his arms in the air.
The officer recognized the male as Hohenwald from previous contact with the man, according to the complaint. The officer noticed Hohenwald had a large amount of blood all over both arms from his hands to his elbows and on his head and chin. While waiting for backup, the officer heard Hohenwald utter something about his family and a real estate or land deal.
The officer identified the driver as Seiberlich.
With the suspects secure, and back up on the scene law enforcement entered the home to find what has been described as "horriffic" by Kanabec County Sheriff Steve Schulz.
The complaint described large amounts of blood throughout the house. Lois Steenerson was found, still alive, but barely breathing in a bedroom. She had a stab wound above her shoulder between her collar bone and her shoulder blade on the left side of her neck and appeared to be very deep into her chest.
She was transported to the Kanabec County Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Larry Steenerson was found in an office-type room, according to the complaint, that had a large amount of blood covering several surfaces of the room. Steenerson was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics at 11 p.m.
A medical examination later indicated he had been stabbed 30 - 40 times by a sharp force object, according to the complaint.
Officers located a bloody gun and bloody knife in the car that Hohenwald and Seiberlich were traveling in earlier when the officer found them.
The attack on the couple appears to be based on an ongoing civil dispute over a property transaction valued at $200,000, the complaint states.
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