(Editor’s Note: The following information was provided to the Patriot by the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office).

A St. Cloud man made his first court appearance Monday on charges that he killed a man in November in southeast St. Cloud and disposed of the body near St. Cloud Regional Airport.

Ricco Dejon Tyson, 43, is charged with second-degree murder and first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Tyler Ecklund.

Ecklund, 25, was found outside in a vacant lot in the 1000 block of 55th Ave. SE on the evening of Nov. 14. An autopsy revealed that he had died of a gunshot wound to the head.

A joint investigation between the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office, St. Cloud police and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified Tyson as the person who shot Ecklund.

At Monday’s hearing, Sherburne County District Court Judge Walter Kaminsky set bail for Tyson at $2 million without conditions and $1 million with several conditions.