Police: Mendota Heights murder suspect arrested
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The suspect charged with killing a financial adviser inside her suburban St. Paul office is in custody, Minnesota authorities said.
The Dakota County Sheriff's Office released a statement saying Lucifer Nguyen, 44, was arrested late Monday night. He's being held at the Dakota County Jail.
Earlier Monday, prosecutors charged Nguyen with murder in connection with the death of Beverly Cory, 48. Nguyen also faces charges of aggravated robbery, burglary and kidnapping.
Prosecutors said Nguyen went into a house in the suburb of Mendota Heights on Saturday, brandished a gun at a woman and demanded cash. After crashing the car he was driving, he then ran into a senior living center and forced an employee into a laundry room.
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While police were evacuating the center's residents, officers got a report of what appeared to be blood seeping from underneath an office door in a nearby building, prosecutors said. Officers found Cory dead inside.
An autopsy showed she died of a single gunshot to the head.
Police then discovered that Cory's car was missing. It was found Sunday at the Washington County Fairgrounds, about 16 miles away.
Authorities have said there is no known connection between Nguyen and Cory, who lived in Maplewood.