(WCCO) Crystal, Minn. A man detained in the investigation of a Crystal, Minnesota, woman’s murder has been arrested as the sole suspect in her killing.
According to City of Crystal Police, the 21-year-old man is the brother of Rahina Mohammed, 45, who was found stabbed to death Saturday afternoon.
Mohamed’s husband found her dead of stab wounds shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday when he returned home from working his second-shift job. Police in Golden Valley detained the suspect at about 5:20 p.m. at a gas station, after a report of a person acting irrationally.
Mohamed was described as a prominent member of Minnesota’s Oromo community.
Police did not talk about whether there was some kind of fight inside the home, but they did say there were no signs anyone forced their way into it.
They said at the time of the initial investigation it seemed apparent the victim knew her attacker.
Mohamed came to America from Africa in 1982 at age 18 with her 20-year-old husband. They were among the first refugees from Oromia, a region of Ethiopia, to settle in Minnesota, where the largest contingent of Oromo people in the nation now live.
Many members of Minnesota’s Oromo community grieved at the victim’s sister’s house Saturday, and said that Mohamed had helped many of them adjust to life in America.
Charges are expected to be filed by noon on Tuesday.
Police said they are not currently pursuing any other possible suspects.
The homicide was the first in Crystal since 1996, according to authorities.
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This is a horrible crime on our Ethiopian sister. If the brother is the one then that makes the crime even more saddening for all her families, us Ethiopians and all humanity.
God give her family the strength to bear this crisis
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July 10th, 2007 at 11:27 PM
I’m really saddend by this crime. May her soul rest in peace. My condolence to her families and to the oromo communities
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July 13th, 2007 at 11:23 AM