Friday, February 1, 2013
Further investigation reveals the man was not from Oakdale.
Updated (Feb. 1, 2013, 1:45 p.m.): After further investigation, officials have confirmed that a homicide suspect who died early Friday morning in a car crash in Waseca County was not from Oakdale. Officials initially reported that an Oakdale man was involved in a high-speed chase after the car he was driving was seen fleeing the scene where a dead body was found. During the chase the man's car flipped into a field and he died at the scene. Investigators believe the 46-year-old man might be connected to a homicide in Austin that occurred early Friday morning. Jill Oliveira, a spokeswoman of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, later told Oakdale Patch that they no longer believe the car crash victim and homicide suspect was from …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Oakdale Village Apartments Community Manager Sarah Kohler was given the city’s Distinguished Citizen Award.
In late December last year, Oakdale Village Apartments Community Manager Sarah Kohler faced a situation she never expected—the murder of one of her residents. She’d worked so hard over the past six years to make the apartment complex safe, she said, that when she got the news Dec. 28 that 39-year-old Lori C. Baker had been killed in her apartment, she took it personally. Still, she wasted little time focusing on the negative. Instead she supported the police department's efforts, informed and reassured Oakdale Village residents, enhanced onsite security and arranged services for the victim’s family, Mayor Carmen Sarrack said Tuesday, March 13, before presenting Kohler with the Distinguished Citizen Award. Kohler arranged a community …
Friday, January 6, 2012
Lori Christine Baker was found dead in her Oakdale apartment with multiple stab wounds. A suspect was arrested in connection with the case.
Tenants at Oakdale Village Apartments got the chance Thursday night to hear from police and building management about the murder of a fellow tenant, who was found dead in her bedroom Wednesday, Dec. 28. Police have arrested Thomas J. Fox, 44, in connection with the murder of 39-year-old Lori Christine Baker, a longtime nanny who was discovered by her employer after she didn’t show up for work. When an Oakdale Village resident asked police why Fox—who was arrested last Thursday—hasn’t been charged yet in connection with the murder, Oakdale Community Affairs Officer Michelle Stark said police are taking advantage of the extra time they have to investigate since Fox is being held on unrelated charges for absconding from a work release program…
Lifer
8:29 pm on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
I know several people who have lived in the "Oakdale Ghetto", and the got out because they didn't feel safe. Management took their concerns with a grain of salt, and did nothing to fix potentially serious problems (like Jane said about the security door, among other things). While I'm very happy management is taking serious steps to turn things around, I don't think an award was in order. You … more ›