Minnesota murder victim found near river – identified as young girl

Moorhead, MN (KROC-AM News) – According to authorities, the victim of a recent murder in Minnesota is a young girl.

Police officers found her body around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning near the Red River in Moorhead. Her body was found after officers responded to a missing person report.

Moorhead police have now announced the arrest of the suspected murderer.

14-year-old girl found dead near Red River in Moorhead, 18-year-old man arrested

On Wednesday, authorities identified the young girl who was killed as 14-year-old Jaelyn Nichole Walker.

Investigators are not releasing her cause of death until they receive a preliminary autopsy report from the Ramsey County Coroner's Office.

On Tuesday, Moorhead police announced the arrest of the man suspected of killing the young girl. He was identified as 18-year-old Isaac Arthur Arndt.

The Fargo man is suspected of killing the young girl in the area of ​​6 Avenue and Elm Street South in Moorhead, police said. Officials said Arndt is being held in the Cass County Jail in Fargo and is awaiting extradition to Minnesota.

According to officials, the Clay County District Attorney's Office will prepare a formal murder complaint in the next few days and then file it in Clay County District Court.

The investigations so far indicate that Arndt and Walker know each other.

Investigators have also asked for public assistance in the ongoing investigation. Police are looking for two people suspected of having taken Arndt with them on the night of the alleged murder.

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