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Murder Victim's Family Moved to Minnesota for a Better Life

Youa Lor's wife testified in the murder trial of Oakdale resident Dao Xiong.

Patty Busse, Neighbor
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Youa Lor, the St. Paul man killed in Lake Elmo after advertising his car for sale on Craigslist, had moved with his family from the East Coast to Minnesota for a better life, his wife told a Washington County District Court jury, Fox 9 news reports.

The trial of Dao Xiong, of the Oakdale man accused of his murder, started Friday.  

Wife Katie Lor was left a widowed mother of four at age 25 following the incident, which occurred last September, according to a previous Fox 9 report.

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Katie Lor testified that the family moved to St. Paul in August of last year after Youa Lor lost his job as a welder, and a friend who owned an auto repair shop in White Bear Lake offered him a job, the Oakdale-Lake Elmo Review reports.

He was selling his Nissan 350z to earn money to start his own auto repair shop, Katie Lor testified.

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See the Oakdale-Lake Elmo Review for more details on Friday’s testimony.

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