“We had this discussion with him,” his father said. “Go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything reckless. And he said he understood.”
The family confirmed Pretti’s death through the Hennepin County Medical Examiner after struggling to obtain information from authorities. In a statement released afterward, they described their son as a “kindhearted soul” and rejected the DHS account, saying it did not reflect what the available evidence shows. Continue reading…
