US Edition'Gruesome Scene': Man Charged with Killing Woman in Her Richfield Apartment
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUL 7 – Jose Luis Lopez Xique was charged after fatally shooting Kayli Grace Arseth following her refusal of his romantic advances, police said. He faces $2.5 million bail.
- Authorities found the body of 22-year-old Kayli Grace Arseth inside her apartment along Penn Avenue South in Richfield, Minnesota, after conducting a welfare check on June 17, 2025.
- The welfare check was prompted by Arseth's family after she failed to show up for work and did not respond to calls or messages for more than a day.
- Investigators revealed that Arseth and 27-year-old Jose Luis Lopez Xique met online, he pursued a romantic relationship, and she declined, wanting to remain friends.
- Lopez Xique was at Arseth's apartment for over an hour on June 16, and after her death by gunshot wound to the head—ruled a homicide—he was arrested and charged with second-degree intentional murder.
- Authorities have confirmed that Lopez Xique will face legal action to ensure justice is served, while a GoFundMe campaign has collected over $44,000 to aid Arseth’s family.
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Shakopee man charged with murder of Richfield woman AlphaNews.org
Share This StoryA Shakopee man has been taken into custody and charged in the shooting murder of 22-year-old Kayli Arseth in Richfield last month, in what charges allege was a failed romantic pursuit. Jose Luis Lopez Xique, 27, was taken into custody on Thursday and was charged in Hennepin County District Court on Monday with one count of second-degree murder with intent but not premeditated. Authorities found Arseth dead in her apartment on the…
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