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The search for Nick and Justin Diemel started in late July.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on charges filed against a Missouri farmer in the killing of two brothers from Wisconsin (all times local):
5p.m.
An employee of two slain Wisconsin brothers says he believes a Missouri cattleman promised to give the men money to lure them to his farm so he could kill them.
Twenty-five-year-old Garland Nelson, of Braymer, was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 35-year-old Nick Diemel and 24-year-old Justin Diemel, of Shawano County, Wisconsin.
Rob Chubb managed the feeder cattle side of the business operated by the brothers.
Chubb says he is angry, but that he knew from the day the brothers went missing that Nelson was involved. He says the brothers had done business with Nelson in January, and that Nelson owed them money.
Court documents indicate Nelson owed the Diemel family $250,000. Authorities haven't said the brothers were lured to the property.
Chubb says he "just can't believe somebody is so selfish, so cruel."
12:05 p.m.
Court documents say a Missouri cattle farmer fatally shot two Wisconsin brothers who drove to his business to collect a $250,000 check, then burned their bodies.
Twenty-five-year-old Garland Nelson, of Braymer, was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Nick and
Justin Diemel of Shawano County, Wisconsin. Their father reported them missing July 21 after they didn't board a homebound flight.
The probable cause statement says Nelson abandoned a pickup truck the brothers had rented. He then used a skid loader bucket to move the large metal barrels containing the brothers' bodies to a pasture, where he burned them. He said he dumped what was left of the remains on a manure pile and used the skid loader to crush the barrels.
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11:10 a.m.
A Missouri sheriff says the investigation into the disappearance of two slain Wisconsin brothers was very challenging.
Caldwell County Sheriff Jerry Galloway spoke briefly with reporters Wednesday after 25-year-old Garland Nelson, of Braymer, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Nelson is accused in the deaths of Nick and Justin Diemel of Shawano County, Wisconsin, who were reported missing July 21.
The charges carry a possible sentence of life imprisonment or the death penalty. Garland is jailed without bond.
Galloway says multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the months-long investigation, including the FBI and the U.S. Postal Service.
The brothers were involved in cattle business with Nelson and had been visiting his northwestern Missouri farm when they were reported missing. Human remains were found at the property but have not been publicly identified as the Diemel brothers.
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri cattle farmer was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two missing brothers from Wisconsin. Garland Nelson, 25, of Braymer is also charged with two counts of abandonment of a corpse, two counts of tampering with physical evidence in felony prosecution, two counts of armed criminal action, tampering with a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to documents filed in Caldwell County.
Brothers Nick Diemel, 35, and Justin Diemel, 24, of Shawano County, Wisconsin, were reported missing July 21 . They had been visiting Nelson's farm in northwestern Missouri while on a trip related to their cattle business. Human remains were found on the farm, about 70 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri, but have not been publicly identified.
Nelson was charged in July with tampering with a vehicle rented by the brothers. Authorities said he drove the brothers' rented truck from his farm to a commuter parking lot, where it was found abandoned. Nelson was involved in a business arrangement with another farmer that included calves owned by the brothers, people involved with the deal told the Kansas City Star in August. Kansas dairy farmer David Foster told the newspaper that he purchased 131 calves from Nelson in November.
Nelson was to raise the calves and the farmers would split the cost after the animals were sold. Foster said 100 of the calves belonged to the Diemel brothers. Nelson's mother, Tomme Feil, said the calves became ill shortly after arriving at the farm. She blamed the illnesses on a bad winter and weakened immune systems. She said many died even though they followed the advice of veterinarians and gave the cattle medications and feed. Feil said her son returned the remaining calves when Foster's bank claimed them as collateral. Foster said only 35 calves were returned to him and that Nelson owed him more than $151,000, though Feil disputed the amount.
She said several people owe her son money and that he planned to pay Foster back when others paid their debts to him. Nelson was sentenced in 2016 to two years in prison for selling more than 600 head of cattle that did not belong to him. Nelson pleaded guilty to cattle fraud that caused more than $262,000 in losses. He was released from prison in March 2018. He also pleaded guilty in August 2015 to two misdemeanor counts of passing bad checks. Nelson also faces charges in Kansas of endangering the food supply. Prosecutors there said Nelson didn't have proper health papers in May when he took 35 calves from his family's farm to a farm in Fort Scott, Kansas. ___
KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) — A Northwest Missouri prosecutor and sheriff will give an update Wednesday into the disappearance of two Wisconsin brothers missing since July north of Kansas City and presumed dead. Caldwell County Maj. Mitch Allen told said that new charges will be filed against Garland Nelson, the Missouri man already charged with tampering with a vehicle rented by Justin and Nick Diemel of Shawano County, Wisconsin. Officials with the sheriff's and prosecutor's offices would say only that a news conference is planned at the courthouse. 
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The brothers were reported missing July 21. They had been visiting Nelson's farm while on a trip related to their cattle business. Human remains were found on the farm but had not been identified. A message left Tuesday with Nelson's attorney was not immediately returned.