Matter of Welfare of Dahl

SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Judicial District affirming the Beltrami County Court’s referral of a juvenile to district court for adult prosecution. Appellant sought, and was granted, permission to appeal to this court from the district court’s order. 1 We vacate the reference order and remand the case for further proceedings.

On April 8, 1978, the dead body of Ricky Alan McGuire, who had been missing since November 17, 1977, was found in a remote area of Beltrami County. A witness described the frontal section of his head as “just…