A Cottage Grove man pleaded guilty Friday, July 10, in federal court to unlawfully possessing a short-barreled firearm that prosecutors say can be linked to the death of 29-year-old Rozaleena Rasmussen.
Anthony Wesley Tyrrell, 33, awaits trial in Lane County Circuit Court after pleading not guilty to murder in the death of Rasmussen. Testing of the weapon he pleaded guilty to possessing revealed “the victim’s blood DNA,” according to a July 1 filing in federal court.
The document filed by federal prosecutors also provides new details about how Rasmussen died…