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Cornella Roybal

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Age 39  |  Physical assault
Date of homicide: January 12, 2020

On January 12, 2020, at approximately 6:39 am, police and medics were called to 141 Arlington Avenue East, Saint Paul, on a report that a female was not breathing. First responders found Roybal with no signs of life. She was pronounced dead at 6:51 am.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that her interior cranial cavity had a significant amount of blood from a subdural hematoma. The Medical Examiner ruled that the cause of death was traumatic head injuries due to physical assault.

Homicide Suspect - Zenas Farkarlun

Suspect

Zenas Farkarlun, age 32. 

Farkarlun had an extensive criminal history, which included felony convictions for assault in the second degree (2005), prohibited person in possession of a firearm (2005), attempted aggravated robbery in the first degree (2008), aggravated robbery in the first degree (2013). He also has a conviction for domestic assault as a misdemeanor (2012).

Farkarlun is in custody on second degree murder charges.

Media Coverage

  • KSTP: Man charged in connection to St. Paul assault, homicide
  • Red Lake Nation News: Cornella Christine Roybal (obituary)

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