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PROSECUTORS SAY NO. AND CARRIED OUT THAT CRIME. ON JULY 21ST THIS FARM IN RAYMER, MISSOURI BECAME A CRIME SCENE THREE MONTHS LATER THE CALDWELL COUNTY SHERIFF ANNOUNCED CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF TWO WISCONSIN BROTHERS CHARGES OF MURDER ARE CLASS A FELONIES, WHICH CARRY A RANGE OF PUNISHMENT OF LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE OR DEATH PROSECUTORS. SAY 25 YEAR OLD GARLAND JOSEPH NELSON KILLED NICK AND JUSTIN DIMA ON HIS FARM THE BROTHERS DID CATTLE BUSINESS WITH NELSON AND TRAVELED FROM WISCONSIN TO COLLECT $250,000. HE OWED THEM INVESTIGATORS SAY NO. ADMITTED TO DUMPING THE BROTHERS RENTAL TRUCK 40 MINUTES AWAY IN HOLT, MISSOURI. HE WENT BACK TO THE FARM WHERE HE CLAIMS. HE FOUND THE BROTHER’S DEAD ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS A NEIGHBOR HEARD GUNFIRE AND A FIRED CARTRIDGE WAS FOUND IN NELSON’S CLOTHING NELSON TOLD INVESTIGATORS. HE BURNED THE BODIES AND HID THE REMAINS IN A MANURE PILE WHERE INVESTIGATORS LATER DISCOVERED THEM. THE COURT DOCUMENTS SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE HELP NELSON. GET BACK TO THE FARM AFTER HE DUMPED THE BROTHER’S CAR RIGHT NOW PROSECUTORS SAY TH

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A Braymer man at the center of the investigation into the disappearance of two Wisconsin brothers visiting Missouri on business has been charged with murdering them.Garland Joey Nelson was charged with two counts of first-degree murder Wednesday, relating to missing brothers Nick and Justin Diemel. Nelson was also charged with two counts of abandonment of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, unlawful possession of a firearm and armed criminal action. Nelson was previously charged with tampering with a motor vehicle in connection with the case. Nelson pleaded not guilty to that charge in early October. Nick Diemel, 35, and his brother Justin, 24, were in Braymer, on business when they went missing July 21.According to court documents, the brothers traveled to Braymer for a $250,000 check from Nelson for cattle in Nelson's care.Police said after the brothers were reported missing, Nelson gave many misleading explanations of events in his attempts to mislead law enforcement officers in locating the Diemel brothers. Nelson eventually admitted to moving a rental truck, which was signed out to Nick Diemel in the rental agreement. That truck was found parked in a commuter lot in Holt, Missouri, with keys in the ignition after the Diemel brothers were reported missing when they failed to make their flight home. The affidavit filed in the case states Nelson admitted he acted alone in driving the truck to the commuter lot. Documents show he told police he removed the cellphones belonging to the brothers and disposed of them along the roadway while walking back to Holt, Missouri, where he arranged for someone to give him a ride to another location. Authorities said in the affidavit it is believed Nick and Justin Diemel never left Nelson's property and were intentionally killed. Documents state Nelson eventually told authorities when he arrived back at the farm, he found two bodies believed to belong to Nick and Justin Diemel, each dead and stuffed inside a 55-gallon metal barrel in a pole barn just south of the residence. The affidavit states the bodies were moved through a pasture one at a time in a skid loader bucket to an adjacent pasture where they were covered with diesel fuel and burned. After they were burned, Nelson said one or both of the bodies were placed in a manure pile by a metal barn. He said a skid loader was used to crush the barrels and the remains were placed elsewhere on the property.Documents show Nelson said he returned to the pole barn at one point and used a shovel to remove what he believed to be blood from the floor where it is believed the brothers were killed. During the course of the investigation, Nelson reportedly admitted to having access to and using a .30-30 rifle to kill two small animals July 20. Authorities noted Nelson is a felon. In the area of the affidavit relating to evidence, authorities state burned human remains were found in a manure pile on the property in Braymer, and based on DNA comparisons, it is believed the remains are those of Nick and Justin Diemel. Authorities also noted blood stains were found on clothing belonging to Garland Nelson. DNA confirmed that blood belonged to Nick Diemel. The affidavit states two crushed barrels were also located on the Braymer property, and a neighbor reported hearing multiple gunshots coming from the area of the property around the time Nelson told authorities the brothers were on the property. Authorities also said a .30-30 cartridge was located in the bloodstained clothing reportedly belonging to Nelson.