The suspect also faces separate charges in Dakota County for second-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree burglary following an alleged assault of a woman the day after the homicide.

Prosecutors say 25-year-old Tyler Walter Edwards stabbed the victim more than 30 times in July 2024, then set his body on fire using accelerants including Pine-Sol and alcohol.

Two Waite Park police officers were already near the home on an unrelated incident when they heard gunfire just after 2 p.m. on April 12. Officers immediately notified Stearns County Dispatch and moved toward the residence.

Officers were dispatched at 8:48 p.m. on April 11 to a residence near Thompson Avenue and 12th Avenue North after the caller—later identified as 36-year-old Jacob John Audie—told dispatchers he just shot his roommate.

When officers arrived, they found two children who had managed to exit the home safely and without injuries. After entering the residence, police discovered two deceased adults.

The attack happened on Feb. 15, 2025, on the 2500 block of Lyndale Avenue South, and was reportedly the result of a prior dispute between the suspect and the victims.

A Dakota County grand jury has indicted a man on one count of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of intentional second-degree murder in the 2022 death of his mother.

Haley Marie Ross, 24, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting third-degree murder for her role in distributing a controlled substance that caused her roommate's death in December 2022.

A Dakota County jury has convicted a man of murder and assault in the May 2021 death of a woman at a Hastings hotel.

A Cambridge man has been charged with second-degree murder and related felonies following a deadly shooting at a family hunting cabin in Hinckley.

Authorities in Duluth are investigating the deaths of five people—including two juveniles—found in two separate residences in the West Duluth neighborhood Thursday.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County, officers responded to reports of gunfire in an alley near the 2900 block of 18th Avenue South at approximately 9:20 p.m. on May 19, 2024. Upon arrival, officers found a woman fatally shot in the backseat of her vehicle.

A 16-year-old teenager has been charged and a motion was filed to have him certified as an adult in connection with the fatal shooting of a man outside a St. Paul tobacco store earlier this week.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced today that Steven Frane Bailey has been charged with two counts of third-degree murder following the deaths of Kristina Folkerts and Gabe Harvey in the September 1st crash at Park Tavern.

Formal criminal charges have been filed against Ruth Ann Miller, 25, following the death of a man in Rochester's Mayo Park West on June 15, 2024.

A Burnsville man has been sentenced to prison for his involvement in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a 16-year-old Eagan resident, Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena announced today.

The fourth and final defendant charged in relation to the shooting death of 14-year-old Demaris Hobbs Ekdahl at a Woodbury graduation party in June 2021 pled guilty to felony charges in court Friday morning and will serve prison time.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred on the 1300 block of Olson Memorial Highway in Minneapolis. Police responded to the report of a shooting just after midnight when a 911 caller said that her boyfriend had been shot and was unresponsive.

A 29-year-old Burnsville man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to 3rd-degree murder for providing a lethal dose of fentanyl that killed an Eagan teen in 2021. Jamal Ahmed Adan was sentenced to 60 months in prison on Thursday as part of a plea agreement where prosecutors also agreed to drop a felony drug charge.

Three people have been charged with aiding and abetting 3rd-degree murder, accused of providing a 21-year-old woman with the drugs that caused her death. 23-year-old Haley Ross and 21-year-old Connor Hoeft, both of North Mankato, along with 25-year-old Kueth Ruae, of Mankato, were all formally charged in court earlier this week.