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Pedro Ruiz III

Case from Halstad, MN dated Jun 26, 2017

Victim Details

Pedro Ruiz III

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Halstad

MN

2017-06-26

22

Pedro

Ruiz III

07/16/2026

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In a tragic incident on June 26, 2017, a 22-year-old Hispanic male named Pedro Ruiz III lost his life in Halstad, Minnesota. His death was the result of a YouTube stunt gone horribly wrong, a desperate attempt to gain online fame that ended in a fatal miscalculation. The person behind the trigger was his girlfriend, Monalisa Perez, who was 19 at the time and pregnant with their second child. The couple had a YouTube channel where they posted videos of pranks and stunts, hoping to grow their audi ...
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