Investigators ID Body Found Near Rochester, Case now Homicide
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the woman whose body was found in a ditch north of Rochester Monday.
Captain James Schueller said the woman is identified as 41-year-old Kimberly Robinson. He said Robinson is from Eyota but had been living in Rochester.
Schueller also said the case is now being treated as a homicide and that the sheriff's office has a person of interest in custody. The sheriff’s office executed several search warrants related to the murder investigation on Wednesday.
Schueller said evidence found during the searches furthers the interest of the person in custody, whose name has not been released. Investigators ordered an autopsy for Robinson’s body Wednesday, which Schueller said confirmed that Robinson died in a suspicious manner.
The person in custody is described as a man. Schueller said the sheriff’s office is hopeful to release his name and the cause of Robinson’s death on Friday.
Robinson was found by a woman walking her dog Monday. She reported seeing an arm sticking out of the snow at the intersection of River Bluff Ln. and West River Rd. Northwest around 4:30 p.m.
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