ST. PAUL, Minn. – The mother and father of a 3-year-old found dead in a St. Paul residence Sunday have been arrested on suspicion of the girl’s murder.
It’s the city first homicide of the year. Police say the father called the police department’s non-emergency number early Sunday morning and said something about needing a crisis officer before hanging up. Police tried calling back but received no answer and sent officers to the residence in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood.
Police arrived about 2:30 a.m., when the father told them his daughter was on the back porch. Officers located the girl unconscious and unresponsive. The mother and father were arrested after questioning by police.