20/20 Menu About Bios Episodes Photos Releases Divine Intervention - Releases November 9, 2022 In Murder of Minnesota Farmer, Is It Divine Intervention That Leads Police to the Killers? Life in East Union, Minnesota, was idyllic for 90-year-old Earl Olander, a modest farmer who attended church every Sunday in the rural community where he had lived since birth. When authorities found Olander murdered — his body tied up and brutally beaten, his house ransacked — shockwaves reverberated throughout the tight-knit town he called home. Neighbors were left wondering why anyone would want to kill Earl Olander. In a new “20/20,” ABC News correspondent John Quiñones reports on the twists and turns in the case, from the revelation that Olander was a secret millionaire to the mysterious clue found inside his Bible that led authorities to the killers. The two-hour program features exclusive interviews with longtime friends and neighbors of the victim, including Bill Boecker and Maria Boecker, who had an emotional jailhouse confrontation with one of the killers; Olander’s family members, including his cousin Paul Lundquist; key investigators, including lead detective on the case Press Release - Series
November 9, 2022 In Murder of Minnesota Farmer, Is It Divine Intervention That Leads Police to the Killers? Life in East Union, Minnesota, was idyllic for 90-year-old Earl Olander, a modest farmer who attended church every Sunday in the rural community where he had lived since birth. When authorities found Olander murdered — his body tied up and brutally beaten, his house ransacked — shockwaves reverberated throughout the tight-knit town he called home. Neighbors were left wondering why anyone would want to kill Earl Olander. In a new “20/20,” ABC News correspondent John Quiñones reports on the twists and turns in the case, from the revelation that Olander was a secret millionaire to the mysterious clue found inside his Bible that led authorities to the killers. The two-hour program features exclusive interviews with longtime friends and neighbors of the victim, including Bill Boecker and Maria Boecker, who had an emotional jailhouse confrontation with one of the killers; Olander’s family members, including his cousin Paul Lundquist; key investigators, including lead detective on the case Press Release - Series