CHAMPLIN, Minn. — Champlin police say a 35-year-old woman is dead and a suspect in custody after she was discovered lying in the yard of a home with stab wounds on Monday night.
Police squads were dispatched to a home on Thousand Pines Entry in Champlin just after 9:30 p.m. Monday. A woman, identified as 35-year-old Peachu Yates, was lying in the yard covered in blood and not breathing.
Responding Champlin officers began life-saving efforts, with help from additional first responders, but they were not able to save Yates' life.
Minnesota State Patrol launched air support and Brooklyn Park police deployed their K-9 unit in an attempt to locate a suspect who had fled the scene, but no one was found.
Just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, police found the suspect's abandoned vehicle in the area of 101st Avenue and Winnetka Avenue North in Brooklyn Park, but they weren't able to find the suspect.
Hours later, law enforcement in Fargo was sent to the Dakota Park Apartments, where they took a 45-year-old male into custody in connection with the Champlin homicide at around 4:45 a.m. Fargo police say Red River Regional SWAT was called in to help with the apprehension, but officers arrested the suspect without incident before the team arrived.
The suspect is being held in the Cass County Jail until he can be extradited to Hennepin County.
The family of Peachu Yates has set up a GoFundMe campaign to help with her funeral expenses and care of her children.
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