A 21-year-old from Burnsville, Minnesota faces charges in connection to the May death of a 59-year-old man in a city park.

According to the criminal complaint, police received a 911 call on the morning of May 3 from the victim's mother, who said her son, David Chant, was unconscious and unresponsive at Interlachen Park. Near Chant's body, police found two broken and bent walking sticks.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner determined Chant's cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide.

Chant's mother told officers that he would sometimes stay over at her home, and would take morning walks either in her driveway or at the park. While searching the area, police found a pair of shoes in a porta potty with blood on them, documents say.

Later th

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