Karina See Her.Photo: Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office
A Minnesota woman has been arrested and charged with killing her ex-husband, whose decomposing body was found after a neighbor reported a bad smell coming from the backyard.
On Saturday, authorities arrested Karina See Her, 40, on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of her husband, Kou Yang, 50, the St. Paul Police Department said in a statement.
She said they lived in the same house, even though they were divorced, the complaint says.
Yang’s 17-year-old stepdaughter also called 911 to say that she believed her mother, Her, had killed him, the complaint alleges.
She said her 12-year-old sister told her that she and their mother had driven to the Taylors Falls area where Her brought a bag into the woods and came back to the car without it, the complaint says.
The 17-year-old told police that on July 2, she saw a tarp covering a hole that had been dug in the backyard.
Her put a newly constructed shed over the hole, the teen said.
On July 5, one of Her’s neighbors called 911 to report a foul odor coming from Her’s backyard.
A police cadaver dog “showed an interest in the shed’s handle and door,” according to the complaint, theStar Tribunereports.
Her allegedly told police the smell came from pigeons she kept and that she brought a bag of old food to Taylors Falls.
Police allegedly found blood on a bedroom wall that had been painted over, the complaint says. They also said they found paint in the garage and laundry room.
Over the weekend, authorities dug up the ground under the shed and found a body wrapped in “some type of material,” the complaint says.
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The medical examiner identified the body as that of Yang.
He had two bullet wounds in the back of his head, the complaint states.
On Monday, Her was charged with second-degree murder with intent – not premeditated, according to Ramsey County Adult Detention Center records.
She is being held in lieu of $2 million bail, according to theStar Tribune.
She has not entered a plea. It is unclear whether she has retained an attorney who can speak on her behalf.
She faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, if convicted, KSTP reports.
source: people.com
