Crime & Safety

Mendota Heights Murder: Bail Set For Alleged Killer

The alleged killer of a 48-year-old woman in a small Twin Cities suburb made his first court appearance this week.

HASTINGS, MN β€” The alleged killer of a 48-year-old woman in a small Twin Cities suburb made his first court appearance this week. Bail was set in the amount of $1.5 million without conditions ($1 million with conditions) by Judge Arlene Perkkio for Lucifer Vincent Nguyen, age 44, of New Hope.

Nguyen has been charged with murder, aggravated robbery, burglary and kidnapping. He was arrested after a three-day manhunt that spanned the entire Twin Cities and shook the small south metro community of Mendota Heights.


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