Funeral set Monday for slain NDSU student

Published 2:29 pm Saturday, September 27, 2014

SARTELL — Services are scheduled Monday in Minnesota for a slain freshman who was attending North Dakota State University.

A funeral Mass for 18-year-old Thomas Bearson will be held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in his hometown of Sartell. The service starts at 11 a.m.

Bearson’s body was found Tuesday outside a recreational vehicle store in Moorhead. The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office says Bearson died as the “result of homicidal violence.”

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His obituary says Bearson “had a passion for sports” and loved “dogs, fast sports cars and loud music.”

Authorities are asking for the public’s help to locate Bearson’s cellphone and a shoe. Police described the missing items as a white Nike Air Jordan left-foot tennis shoe, size 9 1/2, and a silver iPhone 5.