American Husband of Minnesota arrested for alleged hit-and-run murder of his own wife

Tony James McClelland was arrested Monday night on probable cause of felony second-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide.

By Edward Era Barbacena 

For so many decades in the United States, there are so many cases of husbands end up in prison for murdering their beloved wife so some bizarre reasons and majority are white male age from 30 to 50 years old.

 The 47-year-old white American man and a husband of the woman whose body was found on a road June 25 in Fort Ripley Township has been arrested in her murder.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office reported that Tony James McClelland was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. Monday, July 10, on probable cause of felony second-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the death of his wife, Angela Marie McClelland, 49. Tony McClelland and Angela McClelland lived together in their Fort Ripley home

Angela McClelland’s body was found near the intersection of Legend Road and Killian Road west of Highway 371 after the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a body lying in the roadway.

Investigators from the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Minnesota State Patrol believed McClelland was a victim of a hit-and-run. They began developing leads and spent the past two weeks following up on interviews and gathering pieces of evidence leading to Tony McClelland’s arrest, the Sheriff’s Office reported.

Tony McClelland is being held in the Crow Wing County Jail pending formal charges from the Crow Wing County Attorney’s Office.