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Sarah Wierstad

Case from Saint Paul, MN dated Oct 18, 2015

Victim Details

Sarah Wierstad

Female

White / Caucasian

Saint Paul

MN

2015-10-18

24

Sarah

Wierstad

07/01/2026

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On the evening of October 18, 2015, Sarah Wierstad, a 24-year-old Caucasian female, was tragically killed just steps from her home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The young mother was returning from one of her two jobs, pursuing her dream of becoming a chef by attending culinary school, when she unknowingly walked into a burglary in progress at her East Side apartment. This fateful interruption set off a chain of events that would end her life and launch a complex investigation into a night of widespr ...
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  • Star Tribune: Third man charged in fatal shooting of St. Paul woman
  • Twin Cities: St. Paul mom, returning from double shift, gunned down in street
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