Crime alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now. I'm Drew Nelson. Amber Zek is dead at 20 years old.

Police in Minnesota say a co-worker who said he didn't like her, walked over to her workstation and

bashed her with a sledgehammer at the manufacturing plant that employed them. Prosecutors say he

planned to kill her for a long time. The death of the young

welder shocks the state and sends a wave of grief and anger through women in the trades across

the country. A visitation in Hutchinson marks the latest moment of mourning for Amber, whose life

ended inside advanced process technologies in Cocado. A steady line of people moved through St. Anastasia Catholic Church.

Family member Shannon Visser spoke to our TV news partners at Fox 9, Milwaukee.

Right now we are just trying to bless Amber and remember Amber in every part of her life that has touched people and touched everybody in this community.

Loved ones describe her as joyful and ambitious.

Investigators say Amber was busy at her station when co-worker David Bruce DeLong walked over

with the sledge.

Deputies found her with fatal head trauma and significant blood loss.

The bloody hammer lay nearby.

Surveillance video showed DeLong leaving his workstation moments earlier.

He allegedly told a witness, quote,

I hit her with your hammer.

She is by your toolbox.

She is gone.

DeLong faces a second-degree murder charge.

Wright County District Attorney Brian Lutz is evaluating first-degree

premeditated murder, which would require a grand jury. A judge has ordered a competency

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