ISLE, Minn. – Human remains were found in a tote bag sealed with bungee cords and tape on the south shore of Mille Lacs. The tote was discovered by a highway work crew cleaning up roadside winter debris along the lake. Sheriff Kyle Burton said the body was identified by tattoos as Rodney Pendegayosh Jr., 25, of Isle. Pendegayosh’s family had reported him missing a day earlier. There was no doubt the death was homicide, the sheriff said. One foot had been crudely cut off. Mille Lacs is 90 miles north of Minneapolis.
