Michael Robert Riccio, 70, was found murdered after a shooting in Burnsville, Minnesota in the summer of 2024. Authorities say the death occurred on or about July 9, 2024; an autopsy later confirmed a single gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Police say 25-year-old Josephine Ann Powers contacted them on July 18 to report a shooting at her Keating Court residence nearly ten days earlier. Investigators allege Riccio and Powers argued, that Powers grabbed a handgun and shot Riccio, then attempted to clean the scene and wrapped the body in tarps, rugs and garbage bags. Days later Powers reportedly enlisted 48-year-old Christopher Michael Hawkins to help move a package; Hawkins transported Riccio’s remains to a shed at a Minneapolis property where they were later located in a gray container.

Powers was arrested and charged with second-degree intentional murder; Hawkins was charged with aiding an offender and interfering with a dead body. Does anyone have information about Riccio’s movements in Burnsville or the Keating Court residence around early July 2024?