Minnesota dad told landlord he 'already dug a hole' before executing daughter's boyfriend for suspected abuse

Michael Laflex was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the killing of his daughter's boyfriend Bryce Brogle. He suspected that Brogle was an abuser, witnesses told police.

Laflex's daughter reported her boyfriend missing to the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 28, 2022, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Law & Crime. Her boyfriend was last seen accompanying her father to a storage unit that Laflex had rented two days earlier.  Christina Coulter is a U.S. and World reporter for Fox News Digital. Email story tips to christina.coulter@fox.com.

Laflex was interviewed by investigators and initially claimed that Brogle had been placed under arrest by "unknown law enforcement" who confiscated his two cell phones, per the complaint. He later changed his story, saying that he had thrown both of the phones out at a gas station in Brainerd. Both phones were eventually recovered by police.